Bad Description Prefix

---
name: review-checklist
description: When verifying that a process follows all required steps before completion or handoff.
source: FAA Aviation Safety Checklists, WHO Surgical Safety Checklist
tags: [quality-assurance, checklist, process, error-reduction]
---

# Review Checklist

Systematically verify every required step before signing off on a process.

## Why This Is Best Practice

**Adopted by:** Aviation (FAA), surgery (WHO), NASA, nuclear power (NRC).
**Impact:** WHO Surgical Safety Checklist reduced surgical complications by 36% and deaths
by 47% (Haynes et al., NEJM 2009).
**Why best:** Human memory under time pressure is unreliable. External checklists eliminate
recall failures.

Sources: WHO Surgical Safety Checklist 2009, FAA Advisory Circular AC 120-21

## Steps

1. List every required step in sequence before beginning.
2. Check each step immediately after performing it.
3. Halt and resolve any step that fails before proceeding.