Safe prone checklist: construction and implementation of a tool for performing the prone maneuver

• DOI: 10.5935/0103-507x.20170023
• Publication Date: 2017-07-18T13:23:35Z
• Authors: Vanessa Martins O...; Daniele Martins P...; Gracieli Nadalon ...; Danusa Cassiana R...; Sílvia Daniela Mi...; Marcele Chisté; Patrícia Maurello...; Wagner da Silva Naue; Dulce Inês Welter; Sílvia Regina Rio...
• Keywords: Patient Care Team; Special Article; Respiratory Distress Syndrome; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Prone Position; Humans; Reproducibility of Results; Patient Positioning; Checklist; 3. Good health

To construct and implement an instrument (checklist) to improve safety when performing the prone maneuver.This was an applied, qualitative and descriptive study. The instrument was developed based on a broad review of the literature pertaining to the construction of a care protocol using the main electronic databases (MEDLINE, LILACS and Cochrane).We describe the construction of a patient safety tool with numerous modifications and adaptations based on the observations of the multidisciplinary team regarding its use in daily practice.The use of the checklist when performing the prone maneuver increased the safety and reliability of the procedure. The team's understanding of the tool's importance to patient safety and training in its use are necessary for its success.