Adhesion to patient safety protocols in emergency care units.

Objective: To investigate compliance of national patient safety protocols in Emergency Care Units (UPA) of the Paraná State.

Method: From April until September 2016, the exploratory stage of the action research was conducted on stratified sampling with 377 patients of eight units, with use of verification instrument of basic safety actions.

Results: The absence of systematic identification of patients, fall risk assessment and signaling and development of pressure injuries were evidenced.

Construction and content validation of checklist for patient safety in emergency care.

Objective: To construct and validate a checklist for patient safety in emergency care.

Method: This is methodological research conducted in Curitiba, in 2015, with construction and validation stages. The checklist was based on the guidelines of the Brazilian patient safety programme and validated online using the Delphi method, with a questionnaire, and with the participation of 23 Brazilian specialists in the first round and 20 in the second round.