Table 6.

Checklist Use and Completion

Author/citation	Checklist use	Checklist completion
Ariyanayagam et al25	48% for all procedures 50% for some procedures 2% do not use checklists	N/S
Corso et al27	89.3% initially, 89.2% at 3 months	64.5% initially, 84.4% at 3 months
Dommaraju et al28	100%	60% (omissions identified in 40% of cases)
Munn et al30	54%	28% (Mean percentage completion items on the checklist was 64%)
Puttick et al31	79% initially, 100% at 3 months	100% (No partially filled checklists)
Uppot et al35	N/S	N/S Compliance with each aspect of time out ranged from 3.1 to 100%
Wong et al36	92, 89 and 74% at the three centres	N/S