What is the name of the font on that B-17 checklist? It is that mid-century engineering font that I love so much.
The Simple Genius of Checklists
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Re: The Simple Genius of Checklists
#82Can anybody recommend a good checklist app for Android? When I search for "checklist" I only find ToDo-List apps that call themselves "checklist" app. What I'd like is something where you can set a per-checklist timeout after which the list resets everything to unchecked and maybe allow two different ways to view each checklist (or modes): 1. All at once with little check marks that you can check in any order 2. Stri…
Google notes works for me as a simple checklist
Now that I said it is useful I hope Google doesn't shut it down!
Re: The Simple Genius of Checklists
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Many physicians have not yet cottoned to hand-washing, yet. What?!? How many generations has it been since Louis Pasteur?
Actually, Ignaz Semmelweis. And about 150 years, so 4-5 generations of surgeons. Not exactly many.
Surgical generations, like pilot generations, are quite a lot shorter than reproductive generations.
Re: The Simple Genius of Checklists
#84But where does one begin to identify the parts of life where a checklist would reduce cognitive load? In IT, some cases are obvious (such as deploying new releases). However, if a process is so repeatable that you could have an accurate checklist, then you could probably automate the process and eliminate the need for the checklist. I would love to know what parts of my life I could relegate to checklists so I could…
Packing for a vacation or camping trip is a very good candidate. If you live in a winter climate you can create a good winterizing checklist. Weekly home upkeep is another.
Packing for anything is perfect candidate for checklists. I even made one for going to the gym which which is something i do regularly but still very often manage to forget some mundane thing like shampoo, padlock, member card, socks, water bottle.
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#85Surgical Safety Checklists are crucial for preventing what used to be a really shocking number of wrong-patient and wrong-side procedural errors. Taking the good kidney out instead of the diseased one is practically murder. https://www.who.int/patientsafety/safesurgery/checklist/en/
That is a really nice check list. I think it is color coded as well to present information clearly.
Re: The Simple Genius of Checklists
#86Can anybody recommend a good checklist app for Android? When I search for "checklist" I only find ToDo-List apps that call themselves "checklist" app. What I'd like is something where you can set a per-checklist timeout after which the list resets everything to unchecked and maybe allow two different ways to view each checklist (or modes): 1. All at once with little check marks that you can check in any order 2. Stri…
This sounds like a fun afternoon project for a web or mobile dev. If nobody replies with a quality app that does this, I'm going to make it for myself and share it here.
Nice!
If you decide to add NFC sticker capability (scanning a sticker opens a checklist directly) please coordinate with the other person in this thread who might also create an app. I think the NFC data should be the equivalent of "checklist://cessna172cockpit" i.e. it should just contain a reference to the checklist, not the checklist itself.
OTOH having the checklist in the NFC sticker, complete with a "last modified" date might be awsome as well, if there are multiple people who use the checklist. Assuming that the whole list even fits in a sticker. Hm...
Re: The Simple Genius of Checklists
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
This sounds like a fun afternoon project for a web or mobile dev. If nobody replies with a quality app that does this, I'm going to make it for myself and share it here.
This is my weekend project this week, ha. I'm reading Checklist Manifesto and decided there wasn't any good app for it. I'll post back here when it's done.
Nice!
If you decide to add NFC sticker capability (scanning a sticker opens a checklist directly) please coordinate with the other person in this thread who might also create an app. I think the NFC data should be the equivalent of "checklist://cessna172cockpit" i.e. it should just contain a reference to the checklist, not the checklist itself.
OTOH having the checklist in the NFC sticker, complete with a "last modified" date might be awsome as well, if there are multiple people who use the checklist. Assuming that the whole list even fits in a sticker. Hm...
Re: The Simple Genius of Checklists
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t know about that last part. My dad is a fairly old physician and the way he tells it hand washing has been mandated by the feds for decades and the last cohort of old docs who refused to change in that respect retired circa 1990. But the culture may be different in other parts of the US or world.
Currently work at a hospital. - The CEO's semi-monthly emails have either contained a) reminders to get the flu shot in flu season and b) statements about washing hands. - Thirty minutes of your new employee orientation is used to discuss handwashing with some funny stories about diarrhea and they go around to every single person to make sure they're washing them correctly. - Upon entering a patient room, anyone ente…
I liked how in Freakonomics (I think), they interviewed someone who worked at a hospital, and would regularly and randomly take culture samples of nurses' and doctors' and administrators' hands. The results of the culture were shown on a screensaver.
This feedback and public transparency was both amusing, and enforcing of the necessary handwashing.
Re: The Simple Genius of Checklists
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t know about that last part. My dad is a fairly old physician and the way he tells it hand washing has been mandated by the feds for decades and the last cohort of old docs who refused to change in that respect retired circa 1990. But the culture may be different in other parts of the US or world.
Ah... you're in for a nasty surprise. [1] Among this cohort, the mean self-estimated handwashing rate was 73% (range, 50%-95%), compared with the covertly observed rate for this cohort of 8.6% before and 10.8% after patient contact, with an individual mean rate of 10% (range, 0-33%). [1] https://www.mja.com.au/journal/1996/164/7/teaching-hospital-...
I liked how in Freakonomics (I think), they interviewed someone who worked at a hospital, and would regularly and randomly take culture samples of nurses' and doctors' and administrators' hands. The results of the culture were shown on a screensaver.
This feedback and public transparency was both amusing, and enforcing of the necessary handwashing.