There's a nice list of checklists at

http://www.projectcheck.org/checklists.html

including a "checklist for checklists" (!)

http://www.projectcheck.org/checklist-for-checklists.html

Great article on the use of checklists in hospitals, by Atul Gawande:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_...