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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

Briefing and debriefing in the operating room using fighter pilot crew resource management.

McGreevy JM, Otten TD. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;205:169-176.

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.

STUDY

Thirty-day outcomes support implementation of a surgical safety checklist.

Bliss LA, Ross-Richardson CB, Sanzari LJ, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2012;215:766-776.

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.

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

Lights. Camera. Robot Action!

Shute N. U.S. News & World Report. January 23, 2006;140:62-63.

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.

STUDY

Can aviation-based team training elicit sustainable behavioral change?

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Error reduction through team leadership: applying aviation's CRM model in the OR.

Healy GB, Barker J, Madonna G. Bull Amer Coll Surg. February 2006;91:10-15.

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.

STUDY

The implementation of a perioperative checklist increases patients' perioperative safety and staff satisfaction.

Böhmer AB, Wappler F, Tinschmann T, et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2012;56:332-338.

REVIEW

Requirements for the design and implementation of checklists for surgical processes.

Verdaasdonk EGG, Stassen LPS, Widhiasmara PP, Dankelman J. Surg Endosc. 2009;23:715-726.

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.

BOOK/REPORT

Medmarx Data Report: A Chartbook of Medication Error Findings from the Perioperative Settings from 1998-2005.

Rockville, MD: United States Pharmacopeia; 2007.

COMMENTARY

Six things every plastic surgeon needs to know about teamwork training and checklists.

Harden CS. Aesthet Surg J. 2013;33:443-448.

COMMENTARY

Surgical team training: promoting high reliability with nontechnical skills.

Paige JT. Surg Clin North Am. 2010;90:569-581.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Bringing surgeons down to earth.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). November 16, 2005:D1.

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