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STUDY

Wrong site surgery near misses and actual occurrences.

Blanco M, Clarke JR, Martindell D. AORN J. 2009;90:215-222.

COMMENTARY

Inadvertent Castration.

Calland JF. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2004.

COMMENTARY

Use of an anatomic marking form as an alternative to the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure and Wrong Person Surgery.

Knight N, Aucar J. Am J Surg. 2010;200:803-807.

STUDY

Preventing wrong site, procedure, and patient events using a common cause analysis.

Mallett R, Conroy M, Saslaw LZ, Moffatt-Bruce S. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27:21-29.

STUDY

Predictors of successful implementation of preoperative briefings and postoperative debriefings after medical team training.

Paull DE, Mazzia LM, Izu BS, Neily J, Mills PD, Bagian JP. Am J Surg. 2009;198:675-678.

COMMENTARY

Mark My Limb.

O'Leary DS, Jacott WE. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2004.

STUDY

Use of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as a measure in patient safety improvement.

Watts BV, Percarpio K, West P, Mills PD. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:206-209.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Minnesota Time Out Campaign.

Minnesota Safe Surgery Coalition. June 15, 2011.

STUDY

Variation in surgical time-out and site marking within pediatric otolaryngology.

Shah RK, Arjmand E, Roberson DW, Deutsch E, Derkay C. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011;137:69-73.

REVIEW

Prevention of 3 "never events" in the operating room: fires, gossypiboma, and wrong-site surgery.

Zahiri HR, Stromberg J, Skupsky H, et al. Surg Innov. 2011;18:55-60.

STUDY

Medical team training and coaching in the veterans health administration; assessment and impact on the first 32 facilities in the programme.

Neily J, Mills PD, Lee P, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:360-364.

STUDY

Process changes to increase compliance with the Universal Protocol for bedside procedures.

Barsuk JH, Brake H, Caprio T, Barnard C, Anderson DY, Williams MV. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:947-949.

REVIEW

Avoiding wrong site surgery: a systematic review.

DeVine J, Chutkan N, Norvell DC, Dettori JR. Spine. 2010;35(suppl 9):S28-S36.

STUDY

Wrong-site craniotomy: analysis of 35 cases and systems for prevention.

Cohen FL, Mendelsohn D, Bernstein M. J Neurosurg. 2010;113:461-473.

STUDY

Surgical team training: the Northwestern Memorial Hospital experience.

Halverson AL, Andersson JL, Anderson K, et al. Arch Surg. 2009;144:107-112.

COMMENTARY classic

Case 34-2010: a 65-year-old woman with an incorrect operation on the left hand.

Ring DC, Herndon JH, Meyer GS. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1950-1957.

REVIEW

Enhancing communication in surgery through team training interventions: a systematic literature review.

Gillespie BM, Chaboyer W, Murray P. AORN J. 2010;92:642-657.

STUDY

A multicenter trial of aviation-style training for surgical teams.

Catchpole KR, Dale TJ, Hirst DG, Smith JP, Giddings TA. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:180-186.

STUDY

Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery.

Makary MA, Mukherjee A, Sexton BJ, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204:236-243.

STUDY

Communication failure in the operating room.

Halverson AL, Casey JT, Andersson J, et al. Surgery. 2011;49:305-310.

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