Table 4.

Outcomes of checklist implementation

Author/citation	Total number of procedures	Outcome measures	Process measures	Evidence of harm
Corso et al27	213	Y - no adverse events related to IR procedures reported during the first year of checklist implementation.	N/S	N/S
Dommaraju et al28	100	N/S	Y – safety issues identified in 18% of cases, postponement in 1% of cases, procedural delay greater than 3 min in 3% of cases	N/S
Fargen et al22	131	Y - reduced adverse events from 35.2 to 10.0%	Y – quality of communication improved	N/S
Koetser et al11	195	N/S	Y – process deviations decreased from 24 to 5%. Postponements and cancellations decreased from 10 to 0%.	N/S