Video-Based Evaluation of Checklist Adherence on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Successful procedural performance in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) depends on skill performance and preparation. Checklists are beneficial, and video reviewing enhances adherence to guidelines. This study assessed whether video recordings can be used to assess checklist deviations, the extent to which proceduralists (doctors from 1 to ≥ 6 years of experience) deviate from checklists, and whether video recordings can help to improve existing and create new checklists.

Methods

In this single-center study at the tertiary NICU of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, fifty-one videos from six different procedures were analyzed: (i) intubation, (ii) insertion of a chest drain, (iii) insertion of an umbilical venous catheter (UVC), (iv) insertion of a central veno

SUBMITTER: Kessler L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12687693 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature