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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.

STUDY

Implementing a surgical checklist: more than checking a box.

Levy SM, Senter CE, Hawkins RB, et al. Surgery. 2012;152:331-336.

STUDY

Improving operating room safety.

Hurlbert SN, Garrett J. Patient Saf Surg. 2009;3:25.

STUDY

Getting teams to talk: development and pilot implementation of a checklist to promote interprofessional communication in the OR.

Lingard L, Espin S, Rubin B, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:340-346.

STUDY

Surgical case listing accuracy: failure analysis at a high-volume academic medical center.

Cima RR, Hale C, Kollengode A, Rogers JC, Cassivi SD, Deschamps C. Arch Surg. 2010;145:641-646.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Preventing surgical errors.

Frenzel JC, Kelly T. HHN Magazine Online. January 6, 2009.

STUDY

A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population.

Haynes AB, Weiser TG, Berry WR, et al; for the Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:491-499.

STUDY

Improved operating room teamwork via SAFETY prep: a rural community hospital's experience.

Paige JT, Aaron DL, Yang T, Howell DS, Chauvin SW. World J Surg. 2009;33:1181-1187.

STUDY

Changes in safety attitude and relationship to decreased postoperative morbidity and mortality following implementation of a checklist-based surgical safety intervention.

Haynes AB, Weiser TG, Berry WR, et al; Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:102-107.

STUDY

Effect of a 19-item surgical safety checklist during urgent operations in a global patient population.

Weiser TG, Haynes AB, Dziekan G, et al; Safe Surgery Saves Lives Investigators and Study Group. Ann Surg. 2010;251:976-980.

COMMENTARY

The error of omission: a simple checklist approach for improving operating room safety.

Rosenfield LK, Chang DS. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009;123:399-402.

COMMENTARY

The OR and a "just culture."

Hamlin L. AORN J. 2009;90:495-498.

STUDY

Implementing a pre-operative checklist to increase patient safety: a 1-year follow-up of personnel attitudes.

Nilsson L, Lindberget O, Gupta A, Vegfors M. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2010;54:176-182.

STUDY

Impact of preoperative briefings on operating room delays.

Nundy S, Mukherjee A, Sexton JB, et al. Arch Surg. 2008;143:1068-1072.

STUDY

Preoperative surgical briefings do not delay operating room start times and are popular with surgical team members.

Ali M, Osborne A, Bethune R, Pullyblank A. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:138-142.

STUDY

Preoperative briefing in the operating room: shared cognition, teamwork, and patient safety.

Einav Y, Gopher D, Kara I, et al. Chest. 2010;137:443-449.

REVIEW

A systematic review of the effectiveness, compliance, and critical factors for implementation of safety checklists in surgery.

Borchard A, Schwappach DL, Barbir A, Bezzola P. Ann Surg. 2012;256:925-933.

REVIEW

Information transfer and communication in surgery: a systematic review.

Nagpal K, Vats A, Lamb B, et al. Ann Surg. 2010;252:225-239.

STUDY

Communication failure in the operating room.

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

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