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ABSTRACT

Background:

In the care of time-dependent illnesses, facilitating care and systematising the actions with a checklist (CL) gives security to professionals and reduces errors in care, increasing patient safety. At present, no studies have been found in the literature on the validation of a CL for infarction code (AMI) care.

Objective:

The objective of our study is to validate the CL and to determine its relationship with the rest of the patient safety indicators in the primary care teams of the Catalan Health Institute (ICS) of Central Catalonia.

Methods:

Prospective study for the validation of a CL for infarction code care. Two clinical scenarios of varying difficulty are defined, and the correct answers are established in each case according to the gold standard guidelines. The CL should be completed twice in order to assess internal reliability and temporal robustness. It should be sent in digital format first to medical and nursing professionals, and then a reminder will be sent to answer a second time after 30 days. The second mailing will be repeated at 3 at 30, 45 and 90 days to obtain the maximum number of second responses.

Results:

A total of 921 medical and nursing professionals will be invited to participate. The number of hits will be compared with respect to the gold standard for both the first and the second response.

Conclusions:

By comparing the responses with respect to the gold standard, we hope to validate the CL with respect to temporal robustness and internal reliability. If the validation is favourable, it can be applied in all primary care centres that use the AMI Code to increase patient safety and ensure thorough care. Clinical Trial: Research Ethics Committee (REC) from the Foundation University Institute for Primary Health Care Research Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol) (22/211-P)