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STUDY

Communication failure in the operating room.

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

STUDY

Effect of a comprehensive surgical safety system on patient outcomes.

de Vries EN, Prins HA, Crolla RM, et al; SURPASS Collaborative Group. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1928-1937.

STUDY

Postoperative sepsis in the United States.

Vogel TR, Dombrovskiy VY, Carson JL, Graham AM, Lowry SF. Ann Surg. 2010;252:1065-1071.

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.

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.

STUDY

Crisis checklists for the operating room: development and pilot testing.

Ziewacz JE, Arriaga AF, Bader AM, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2011;213:212-219.

STUDY

Effective surgical safety checklist implementation.

Conley DM, Singer SJ, Edmondson L, Berry WR, Gawande AA. J Am Coll Surg. 2011;212:873-879.

STUDY

Can aviation-based team training elicit sustainable behavioral change?

Sax HC, Browne P, Mayewski RJ, et al. Arch Surg. 2009;144:1133-1137.

STUDY

Improving operating room safety.

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

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.

REVIEW

Integrating human factors research and surgery: a review.

Shouhed D, Gewertz B, Wiegmann D, Catchpole K. Arch Surg. 2012;147:1141-1146.

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

Use of failure mode and effects analysis for proactive identification of communication and handoff failures from organ procurement to transplantation.

Steinberger DM, Douglas SV, Kirschbaum MS. Prog Transplant. 2009;19:208-215.

STUDY

Implementation of resident work hour restrictions is associated with a reduction in mortality and provider-related complications on the surgical service: a concurrent analysis of 14,610 patients.

Privette AR, Shackford SR, Osler T, Ratliff J, Sartorelli K, Hebert JC. Ann Surg. 2009;250:316-321.

STUDY

Nature and timing of incidents intercepted by the SURPASS checklist in surgical patients.

de Vries EN, Prins HA, Bennink MC, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:503-508.

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

Sleep deprivation, elective surgical procedures, and informed consent.

Nurok M, Czeisler CA, Lehmann LS. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:2577-2579.

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.

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