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REVIEW

The disclosure of unanticipated outcomes of care and medical errors: what does this mean for anesthesiologists?

Souter KJ, Gallagher TH. Anesth Analg. 2012;114:615-621.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality of Anesthesia Care.

Neuman MD, Martinez EA, eds. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:1-178.

STUDY

Knowledge-based errors in anesthesia: a paired, controlled trial of learning and retention.

Goldhaber-Fiebert SN, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Rosow CE. Can J Anaesth. 2009;56:35-45.

REVIEW

Life after death: the aftermath of perioperative catastrophes.

Gazoni FM, Durieux ME, Wells L. Anesth Analg. 2008;107:591-600.

REVIEW

Error training: missing link in surgical education.

DaRosa DA, Pugh CM. Surgery. 2012;151:139-145.

STUDY

Teamwork in the operating room: frontline perspectives among hospitals and operating room personnel.

Sexton JB, Makary MA, Tersigni AR, et al. Anesthesiology. 2006;105:877-884.

STUDY

Simulation-based training improves physicians' performance in patient care in high-stakes clinical setting of cardiac surgery.

Bruppacher HR, Alam SK, LeBlanc VR, et al. Anesthesiology. 2010;112:985-992.

STUDY

Information needs in operating room teams: what is right, what is wrong, and what is needed?

Wong HW, Forrest D, Healey A, et al. Surg Endosc. 2011;25:1913-1920.

STUDY

Reliability of a revised NOTECHS scale for use in surgical teams.

Sevdalis N, Davis R, Koutantji M, et al. Am J Surg. 2008;196:184-190.

STUDY

Operating room teamwork among physicians and nurses: teamwork in the eye of the beholder.

Makary MA, Sexton JB, Freischlag JA, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2006;202:746-752.

STUDY

Discovering healthcare cognition: the use of cognitive artifacts to reveal cognitive work.

Nemeth C, O’Connor M, Klock PA, Cook R. Org Stud. 2006;27:1011-1035.

COMMENTARY

Clinical care checklists: salvations or frustrations?

Jones JW, McCullough LB. J Vasc Surg. 2011;53:1429-1430.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Tomorrow's operating room to harness Net, RFID.

Olsen S. CNET News.com; October 19, 2005.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor uses 'pre-flight' checklist.

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

STUDY

Surgeon-reported conflict with intensivists about postoperative goals of care.

Paul Olson TJ, Brasel KJ, Redmann AJ, Alexander GC, Schwarze ML. JAMA Surg. 2013;148:29-35.

STUDY

Burns surgery handover study: trainees' assessment of current practice in the British Isles.

Al-Benna S, Al-Ajam Y, Alzoubaidi D. Burns. 2009;35:509-512.

STUDY

Expanded surgical time out: a key to real-time data collection and quality improvement.

Altpeter T, Luckhardt K, Lewis JN, Harken AH, Polk HC Jr. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204:527-532.

COMMENTARY

How long does it take to train a surgeon?

Purcell Jackson G, Tarpley JL. BMJ. 2009;339:b4260.

STUDY

Attitudinal changes resulting from repetitive training of operating room personnel using high-fidelity simulation at the point of care.

Paige JT, Kozmenko V, Yang T, et al. Am Surg. 2009;75:584-591.

REVIEW

Improving patient safety in the operating theatre and perioperative care: obstacles, interventions, and priorities for accelerating progress.

Sevdalis N, Hull L, Birnbach DJ. Br J Anaesth. 2012;109:i3-i16.

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