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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor uses 'pre-flight' checklist.

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

REVIEW

Detecting adverse events in dermatologic surgery.

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

STUDY

Wrong site surgery near misses and actual occurrences.

Blanco M, Clarke JR, Martindell D. AORN J. 2009;90:215-222.

COMMENTARY

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

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

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety.

Martin RF, Sanchez JA, eds. Surg Clin North Am. 2012;92:1-177.

STUDY

Can aviation-based team training elicit sustainable behavioral change?

Sax HC, Browne P, Mayewski RJ, et al. Arch Surg. 2009;144:1133-1137.

COMMENTARY

Comparative issues in aviation and surgical crew resource management: (1) are we too solution focused?

Hunt GJF, Callaghan KSN. ANZ J Surg. 2008;78:690-693.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Beyond the count: preventing the retention of foreign objects.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2009;6:39-45.

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.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality of Anesthesia Care.

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

STUDY

Differential impact of a crew resource management program according to professional specialty.

Suva D, Haller G, Lübbeke A, Hoffmeyer P. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27:313-320.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Entire UPMC transplant team missed hepatitis alert.

Hamill SD. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 10, 2011:A6.

COMMENTARY

Making Do.

Bradley LD. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2003.

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

Perfusion safety: new initiatives and enduring principles.

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

COMMENTARY

Surgical team training: promoting high reliability with nontechnical skills.

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

STUDY

Burns surgery handover study: trainees' assessment of current practice in the British Isles.

Al-Benna S, Al-Ajam Y, Alzoubaidi D. Burns. 2009;35:509-512.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Saving lives: hospitals have signed on to a six-part plan to avoid a multitude of unnecessary deaths.

Comarow A. US News & World Report. July 18, 2005;139:74,76,79.

STUDY

Safe surgery: how accurate are we at predicting intra-operative blood loss?

Solon JG, Egan C, McNamara DA. J Eval Clin Pract. 2013;19:100-105.

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