title: Safe pediatric surgery: development and validation of preoperative interventions checklist.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was aimed at developing and validating a checklist of preoperative pediatric interventions related to the safety of surgical patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Methodological study concerning the construction and validation of an instrument with safe preoperative care indicators. The checklist was subject to validation through the Delphi technique, establishing a consensus level of 80%.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five professional specialists in the area conducted the validation and a consensus on the content and the construct was reached after two applications of the Delphi technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The "Safe Pediatric Surgery Checklist", simulating the preoperative trajectory of children, is an instrument capable of contributing to the preparation and promotion of safe surgery, as it identifies the presence or absence of measures required to promote patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São PauloSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Paula de Oliveira
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.forename: Mavilde da Luz Gonçalves
authors.initials: Mda L
authors.lastname: Pedreira
authors.forename: Maria Angélica Sorgini
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Peterlini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D057189:Checklist; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards*