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REVIEW

Information transfer and communication in surgery: a systematic review.

Nagpal K, Vats A, Lamb B, et al. Ann Surg. 2010;252:225-239.

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

Surgical safety checklist: implementation in an ambulatory surgical facility.

Morgan PJ, Cunningham L, Mitra S, et al. Can J Anaesth. 2013 Mar 16; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Preoperative surgical briefings do not delay operating room start times and are popular with surgical team members.

Ali M, Osborne A, Bethune R, Pullyblank A. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:138-142.

STUDY

Barriers to staff adoption of a surgical safety checklist.

Fourcade A, Blache JL, Grenier C, Bourgain JL, Minvielle E. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:191-197.

REVIEW

A systematic review of the effectiveness, compliance, and critical factors for implementation of safety checklists in surgery.

Borchard A, Schwappach DL, Barbir A, Bezzola P. Ann Surg. 2012;256:925-933.

STUDY

Practical challenges of introducing WHO surgical checklist: UK pilot experience.

Vats A, Vincent CA, Nagpal K, Davies RW, Darzi A, Moorthy K. BMJ. 2010;340:b5433.

COMMENTARY

Wise before the event.

Watts G. BMJ. 2010;340:c1378.

STUDY

Crisis checklists for the operating room: development and pilot testing.

Ziewacz JE, Arriaga AF, Bader AM, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2011;213:212-219.

COMMENTARY

The competent surgeon: individual accountability in the era of "systems" failure.

Whittemore AD. Ann Surg. 2009;250:357-362.

STUDY

An evaluation of information transfer through the continuum of surgical care: a feasibility study.

Nagpal K, Vats A, Ahmed K, Vincent C, Moorthy K. Ann Surg. 2010;252:402-407.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Safe Surgery 2015.

Harvard School of Public Health.

STUDY

Multidisciplinary crisis simulations: the way forward for training surgical teams.

Undre S, Koutantji M, Sevdalis N, et al. World J Surg. 2007;31:1843-1853.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Safe Surgery Saves Lives.

Canadian Patient Safety Institute.

COMMENTARY

Engineering the system of communication for safer surgery.

Healey AN, Nagpal K, Moorthy K, Vincent CA. Cogn Tech Work. 2011;13:1-10.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor uses 'pre-flight' checklist.

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

COMMENTARY

Practice, rehearsal, and performance: an approach for simulation-based surgical and procedure training.

Kneebone RL. JAMA. 2009;302:1336-1338.

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.

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.

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