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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

Critical incident reports concerning anaesthetic equipment: analysis of the UK National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) data from 2006-2008.

Cassidy CJ, Smith A, Arnot-Smith J. Anaesthesia. 2011;66:879-888.

REVIEW

Patient safety during anaesthesia: incorporation of the WHO safe surgery guidelines into clinical practice.

Schlack WS, Boermeester MA. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2010;23:754-758.

STUDY

Global oximetry: an international anaesthesia quality improvement project.

Walker IA, Merry AF, Wilson IH, et al; GO Project teams. Anaesthesia. 2009;64:1051-1060.

STUDY

Promoting patient safety through prospective risk identification: example from peri-operative care.

Smith A, Boult M, Woods I, Johnson S. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:69-73.

REVIEW

Decision-making and safety in anesthesiology.

Stiegler MP, Ruskin KJ. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2012;25:724-729.

STUDY

Distractions and the anaesthetist: a qualitative study of context and direction of distraction.

Jothiraj H, Howland-Harris J, Evley R, Moppett IK. Br J Anaesth. 2013 Apr 16; [Epub ahead of print].

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Safety in Anaesthesia.

Staender S, ed. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2011;25:109-304.

STUDY

Critical phase distractions in anaesthesia and the sterile cockpit concept.

Broom MA, Capek AL, Carachi P, Akeroyd MA, Hilditch G. Anaesthesia. 2011;66:175-179.

STUDY

An engineered solution to the maladministration of spinal injections.

Lawton R, Gardner P, Green B, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:492-495.

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.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Human Factors in Anaesthesia and Critical Care.

Hardman JG, Moppett IK, eds. Br J Anaesth. 2010;105:1-83.

STUDY

Interruptions and blood transfusion checks: lessons from the simulated operating room.

Liu D, Grundgeiger T, Sanderson PM, Jenkins SA, Leane TA. Anesth Analg. 2009;108:219-222.

STUDY

Motivational influences on anaesthetists' use of practice guidelines.

Phipps DL, Beatty PC, Parker D, Nsoedo C, Meakin GH. Br J Anaesth. 2009;24:702-709.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor uses 'pre-flight' checklist.

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

STUDY

Management of anesthesia equipment failure: a simulation-based resident skill assessment.

Waldrop WB, Murray DJ, Boulet JR, Kras JF. Anesth Analg. 2009;109:426-433.

STUDY

No simple fix for fixation errors: cognitive processes and their clinical applications.

Fioratou E, Flin R, Glavin R. Anaesthesia. 2010;65:61-69.

STUDY

A novel process for introducing a new intraoperative program: a multidisciplinary paradigm for mitigating hazards and improving patient safety.

Rodriguez-Paz JM, Mark LJ, Herzer KR, et al. Anesth Analg. 2009;108:202-210.

STUDY

Mihai R, Scott S, Cook TM. Anaesthesia. 2009;64:829-835.

COMMENTARY

Flying Object Hits MRI.

Gosbee J, Gosbee LL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2003.

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