The F.R.I.D.A.Y.S. checklist - Preparing our patients for a safe weekend.

ABSTRACT: There is a higher incidence of mortality and adverse events among inpatients in UK hospitals at the weekend compared to weekdays. The high volume of routine tasks handed over by the weekday doctors on Fridays may be a contributing factor. An audit was carried out on four acute wards on a Friday evening at University Hospital Lewisham (UHL). It demonstrated that most patients had at least one outstanding task that would need completing by the on-call team over the weekend. To address this problem a concise and memorable checklist was created to ensure that routine jobs are completed by the weekday team prior to the weekend. The checklist uses the acronym "F.R.I.D.A.Y.S." to prompt doctors to hand over weekend bloods, ensure drug charts are reviewed, document a plan for IV fluids, complete d

SUBMITTER: Palmer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4663813 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature