Five-minute safety huddle
Five questions before starting the procedure.
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Evidence comes to life
when practice changes.
Brief tools to help the team prepare, identify risk, assess outcomes and learn from each case.
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Use these tools, then adapt them to your institution.
Small-scale improvement test
One problem, one change and a simple measure.
Open the tool ↓Patient pathway review
Referral, preparation, procedure, discharge and follow-up.
Open the tool ↓Tool 01
Five-minute safety huddle
A brief, spoken team discussion before starting the procedure.
- 01What is the objective for today’s procedure?
- 02What is most likely to change the plan?
- 03Are primary and backup equipment available?
- 04Who will do what if the patient’s condition changes?
- 05How will we assess the outcome before discharge?
Purpose: Add a brief communication check without replacing the safety checklist or institutional protocol.
Tool 02
Start with a small improvement.
Start with a measurable question rather than a large project.
What is not happening consistently?
Describe a specific situation rather than a general impression.
What should improve, for whom, and by when?
Keep the aim concise and clear.
How will we know the change is an improvement?
Choose one measure that is easy to collect.
What is the smallest useful test?
Try it in one case or for one day, then review the result.
Tool 03
Review the whole pathway, beyond the procedure.
Catheterization may be technically successful while problems remain in preparation, discharge or follow-up.
Clear referralComplete preparationSafe procedureClear discharge instructionsConfirmed follow-up
Practical example
From a simple observation to a measurable change.
- We observed: Some families arrived without a clear understanding of fasting instructions.
- We changed: We sent a brief Arabic information card before the appointment.
- We measured: The proportion of cases arriving prepared over four weeks.
- We learned: We adjusted the timing and wording based on families’ questions.
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