title: Checklists for Image-Guided Interventions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Checklists are tools commonly used to help confirm that certain tasks of a process are completed. Within the health care industry, medical checklists are recognized as a means to improve patient safety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recent application of checklists to image-guided interventions has shown positive outcomes; however, there are limited published studies. We review the literature regarding checklist use as a safety measure and focus on implementation of checklists for image-guided interventions.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555-0709.
authors.forename: Poyan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rafiei
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555-0709.
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Walser
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY.
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Silberzweig
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Radiology, Stratton Medical Center, Albany, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nikolic
keywords: checklist; image-guided intervention; interventional radiology; patient safety; quality improvement