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Neonatal patient safety assessment: construction and validation of a protocol and a checklist

Abstract

Objective

To build and validate the content and appearance of a graph protocol and a checklist for patient safety assessment in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Methods

This is a methodological research, developed from March to September 2018, under construction of a protocol and a checklist and content and appearance validation. The Delphi technique was used to assess the instruments, and agreement among judges was measured by the Content Validity Coefficient. The item with more than 80% agreement was considered valid.

Results

The instruments presented a content validity coefficient of 0.97 in the second Delphi round, for content validity. The general estimate of the appearance validation instruments was 0.99 in Delphi II. After inclusion of suggested changes, all judges recommended the use of the protocol and the checklist.

Conclusion

The protocol and the checklist were considered valid and its use constitutes an important means to verify the conditions that compromise a safe newborn care.

Patient safety; Intensive care units, neonatal; Protocols; Checklist

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