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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

One group of doctors changes its ways.

Hallinan JT. Post-Gazette.com. June 21, 2005.

STUDY

Practice-based learning and improvement: a two-year experience with the reporting of morbidity and mortality cases by general surgery residents.

Falcone JL, Lee KKW, Billiar TR, Hamad GG. J Surg Educ. 2012;69:385-392.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Challenges ahead in technology training: a report on the training initiative of the Committee on Technology.

Olympio MA, Reinke B, Abramovich A. APSF Newsletter. Fall 2006;21:43-48.

STUDY

Time of day effects on the incidence of anesthetic adverse events.

Wright MC, Phillips-Bute B, Mark JB, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:258-263.

REVIEW

The disclosure of unanticipated outcomes of care and medical errors: what does this mean for anesthesiologists?

Souter KJ, Gallagher TH. Anesth Analg. 2012;114:615-621.

STUDY

Injury and liability associated with monitored anesthesia care: a closed claims analysis.

Bhananker SM, Posner KL, Cheney FW, Caplan RA, Lee LA, Domino KB. Anesthesiology. 2006;104:228-234.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety and the Invitational Conference on Contemporary Surgical Quality, Safety and Transparency.

Amer Surg. 2006;72:985-1149

STUDY

Preventable anesthesia mishaps: a study of human factors.

Cooper JB, Newbower RS, Long CD, McPeek B. Anesthesiology. 1978;49:399-406.

STUDY

Adverse respiratory events in anesthesia: a closed claims analysis.

Caplan RA, Posner KL, Ward RJ, Cheney FW. Anesthesiology. 1990;72:828-833.

REVIEW

Life after death: the aftermath of perioperative catastrophes.

Gazoni FM, Durieux ME, Wells L. Anesth Analg. 2008;107:591-600.

STUDY

Knowledge-based errors in anesthesia: a paired, controlled trial of learning and retention.

Goldhaber-Fiebert SN, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Rosow CE. Can J Anaesth. 2009;56:35-45.

STUDY

An objective methodology for task analysis and workload assessment in anesthesia providers.

Weinger MB, Herndon OW, Zornow MH, Paulus MP, Gaba DM, Dallen LT. Anesthesiology. 1994;80:77-92.

REVIEW

Error training: missing link in surgical education.

DaRosa DA, Pugh CM. Surgery. 2012;151:139-145.

COMMENTARY

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

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

STUDY

Quality improvement project to reduce perioperative opioid oversedation events in a paediatric hospital.

Vermaire D, Caruso MC, Lesko A, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:895-902.

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.

COMMENTARY

The nature of surgical error: a cautionary tale and a call to reason.

Satava RM. Surg Endosc. 2005;19:1014-1016.

REVIEW

Safety issues in combined gynecologic and plastic surgical procedures.

Kryger ZB, Dumanian GA, Howard MA. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2007;99;257-263.

BOOK/REPORT

Annual Benchmarking Report: Malpractice Risks in Surgery.

Cambridge, MA: CRICO/RMF Strategies; 2010.

STUDY

Postoperative video debriefing reduces technical errors in laparoscopic surgery.

Hamad GG, Brown MT, Clavijo-Alvarez JA. Am J Surg. 2007;194:110-114.

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