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Checklist validation for use in safe heart surgery
Alba Regina Cartaxo Sampaio Thomé1, Thaís Honório Lins Bernardo1, Patrícia de Albuquerque Sarmento2
1Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós- Graduação em Enfermagem. Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil.
Objective:
Build and validate an instrument in checklist format for use in safe cardiac surgery.
Method:
Methodological research carried out in the following stages: literature review; national construction of items and content validation by experts in two stages, at regional level 9 and with 41 judges. For data analysis, the agreement rate per constructed item was determined.
Results:
The construction of version 1 resulted in 49 items, version 2 presented 46 items, and the final version 41 items distributed in Sign in (1 to 27), Time out (28 to 32) and Sign out (33 to 41). All items obtained agreement greater than 80%, considering validated.
Conclusion:
The checklist was built and validated in terms of content, consisting of 41 items, and can be used in the area of cardiac surgery for the implementation of safe care for patients undergoing these procedures.
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