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STUDY

Bridging the communication gap in the operating room with medical team training.

Awad SS, Fagan SP, Bellows C, et al. Am J Surg. 2005;190:770-774.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Trends influencing the cost of care and patient safety.

Clark R. Health Manage Tech. July 2006:18, 20-21.

REVIEW

The role of practice guidelines and evidence-based medicine in perioperative patient safety.

Crosby E. Can J Anaesth. 2013;60:143-151.

STUDY

Representative case series from public hospital admissions 1998 II: surgical adverse events.

Briant R, Morton J, Lay-Yee R, Davis P, Ali W. N Z Med J. 2005;118:U1591.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety and the Invitational Conference on Contemporary Surgical Quality, Safety and Transparency.

Amer Surg. 2006;72:985-1149

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Surgical errors: new products, protocols help slash the risks.

Williamson JE. Healthcare Purchasing News. January 2006;30:22-25.

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.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Surgical Care Improvement Project.

National SCIP Partnership, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, 14000 Quail Springs Parkway, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, OK, 73134.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When surgery goes wrong: weighing up the risks.

Feinmann J. The Independent. November 14, 2006.

COMMENTARY

The normalization of deviance: what are the perioperative risks?

McNamara SA. AORN J. 2011;93:796-801.

STUDY

'Skating on thin ice?' Consultant surgeon's contemporary experience of adverse surgical events.

Skevington SM, Langdon JE, Giddins G. Psychol Health Med. 2012;17:1-16.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor uses 'pre-flight' checklist.

Bernhard B. The Orange County Register. April 19, 2006.

STUDY

Mapping changes in surgical mortality over 9 years by peer review audit.

Thompson AM, Ashraf Z, Burton H, Stonebridge PA. Br J Surg. 2005;92:1449-1452.

STUDY

Wrong-side/wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient adverse events: are they preventable?

Seiden SC, Barach P. Arch Surg. 2006;141:931-939.

STUDY

From the flight deck to the operating room: an initial pilot study of the feasibility and potential impact of true interdisciplinary team training using high-fidelity simulation.

Paige J, Kozmenko V, Morgan B, et al. J Surg Educ. 2007;64:369-377.

STUDY

Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys.

Sexton JB, Thomas EJ, Helmreich RL. BMJ. 2000;320:745-749.

STUDY

Teamwork in the operating theatre: cohesion or confusion?

Undre S, Sevdalis N, Healey AN, Darzi A, Vincent CA. J Eval Clin Pract. 2006;12:182-189.

COMMENTARY

A common body of care: the ethics and politics of teamwork in the operating theater are inseparable.

Bleakley A. J Med Philos. 2006;31:305-322.

STUDY

Communication practices on 4 Harvard surgical services: a surgical safety collaborative.

ElBardissi AW, Regenbogen SE, Greenberg CC, et al. Ann Surg. 2009;250:861-865.

COMMENTARY

Implementing the World Health Organization surgical safety checklist: a model for future perioperative initiatives.

Styer KA, Ashley SW, Schmidt S, Zive EM, Eappen S. AORN J. 2011;94:590-598.

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