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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.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality of Anesthesia Care.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor uses 'pre-flight' checklist.

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

COMMENTARY

"Managing up" can improve teamwork in the OR.

Smith SL. AORN J. 2010;91:576-582.

COMMENTARY

Video technology to advance safety in the operating room and perioperative environment.

Xiao Y, Schimpff S, Mackenzie C, et al. Surg Innov. 2007;14:52-61.

STUDY

Discrepant perceptions of communication, teamwork and situation awareness among surgical team members.

Wauben LS, Dekker-van Doorn CM, van Wijngaarden JD, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23:159-166.

STUDY

Causes of near misses: perceptions of perioperative nurses.

Cohoon B. AORN J. 2011;93:551-565.

STUDY

Interruptions and miscommunications in surgery: an observational study.

Gillespie BM, Chaboyer W, Fairweather N. AORN J. 2012;95:576-590.

STUDY

Surgical team behaviors and patient outcomes.

Mazzocco K, Petitti DB, Fong KT, et al. Am J Surg. 2009;197:678-685.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A hospital races to learn lessons of Ferrari pit stop.

Naik G. Wall Street Journal. November 14, 2006:A1. [reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

STUDY

Attitudes to teamwork and safety in the operating theatre.

Flin R, Yule S, McKenzie L, Paterson-Brown S, Maran N. Surgeon. June 2006;4:145-151.

STUDY

The relationship of the emotional climate of work and threat to patient outcome in a high-volume thoracic surgery operating room team.

Nurok M, Evans LA, Lipsitz S, Satwicz P, Kelly A, Frankel A. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:237-242.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The day Joy died.

Brandeland GP. Med Econ. 2006 Oct 20;83:50, 52-53.

STUDY

Action research, simulation, team communication, and bringing the tacit into voice. Society for Simulation in Healthcare.

Forsythe L. Simul Healthc. 2009;4:143-148.

STUDY

How does patient safety culture in the operating room and post-anesthesia care unit compare to the rest of the hospital?

Kaafarani HM, Itani KM, Rosen AK, Zhao S, Hartmann CW, Gaba DM. Am J Surg. 2009;198:70-75.

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.

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

Safe Surgery Guide.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2010. ISBN: 9781599404073.

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.

COMMENTARY

The normalization of deviance: what are the perioperative risks?

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

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