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STUDY

Benchmarking surgical incident reports using a database and a triage system to reduce adverse outcomes.

Antonacci AC, Lam S, Lavarias V, Homel P, Eavey RD. Arch Surg. 2008;143:1192-1197.

BOOK/REPORT

Annual Benchmarking Report: Malpractice Risks in Surgery.

Cambridge, MA: CRICO/RMF Strategies; 2010.

COMMENTARY

Surgical team training: promoting high reliability with nontechnical skills.

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

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.

COMMENTARY

The normalization of deviance: what are the perioperative risks?

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

REVIEW

Detecting adverse events in dermatologic surgery.

Pinney D, Pearce DJ, Feldman SR. Dermatol Surg. 2010;36:8-14.

COMMENTARY

Instrument readiness: an important link to patient safety.

McNamara SA. AORN J. 2011;93:160-164.

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.

STUDY

ProvenCare: quality improvement model for designing highly reliable care in cardiac surgery.

Berry SA, Doll MC, McKinley KE, Casale AS, Bothe A Jr. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:360-368.

COMMENTARY classic

Case 34-2010: a 65-year-old woman with an incorrect operation on the left hand.

Ring DC, Herndon JH, Meyer GS. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1950-1957.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Recommendations for quality assurance and improvement in surgical and autopsy pathology.

Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology. Hum Pathol. 2006;37:985-988.

STUDY

Determinants of adverse events in vascular surgery.

Hernandez-Boussard T, McDonald KM, Morton JM, Dalman RL, Bech FR. J Am Coll Surg. 2012;214:788-797.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

5 sure-fire methods: complying with NPSG.03.04.01.

Joint Commission: The Source. January 2012;10:5-6.

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.

STUDY

Effective surgical safety checklist implementation.

Conley DM, Singer SJ, Edmondson L, Berry WR, Gawande AA. J Am Coll Surg. 2011;212:873-879.

COMMENTARY

Improving operating room and perioperative safety: background and specific recommendations.

Schimpff SC. Surg Innov. 2007;14:127-135.

STUDY

Applicability of Healthcare Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to healthcare epidemiology: evaluation of the sterilization and use of surgical instruments.

Linkin DR, Sausman C, Santos L, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2005;41:1014-1019.

COMMENTARY

Perfusion safety: new initiatives and enduring principles.

Kurusz M. Perfusion. 2011;26(suppl 1):6-14.

STUDY

Burnout and medical errors among American surgeons.

Shanafelt TD, Balch CM, Bechamps G, et al. Ann Surg. 2010;251:995-1000.

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