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STUDY

Operating room teamwork among physicians and nurses: teamwork in the eye of the beholder.

Makary MA, Sexton JB, Freischlag JA, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2006;202:746-752.

COMMENTARY

The impact of professionalism on safe surgical care.

Whittemore AD. J Vasc Surg. 2007;45:415-419.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Get me out alive.

Feldman R. The Washington Post. May 2, 2006:HE01.

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.

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

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

STUDY

A human factors curriculum for surgical clerkship students.

Cahan MA, Larkin AC, Starr S, et al. Arch Surg. 2010;145:1151-1157.

COMMENTARY

Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients: tackling three tough cases.

Gallagher TH, Bell SK, Smith KM, Mello MM, McDonald TB. Chest. 2009;136:897-903.

STUDY

Association between Leapfrog safe practices score and hospital mortality in major surgery.

Qian F, Lustik SJ, Diachun CA, Wissler RN, Zollo RA, Glance LG. Med Care. 2011;49:1082-1088.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.

Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2013.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Safe Practices for Better Healthcare—2010 Update.

National Quality Forum. Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2010.

BOOK/REPORT

MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality 2010 Annual Report.

Lansing, MI: Michigan Health & Hospital Association; October 2010.

STUDY

Interruptions and miscommunications in surgery: an observational study.

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

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

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.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Standardization Projects.

Washington State Hospital Association.

COMMENTARY

JCAHO's National Patient Safety Goals 2006.

Catalano K. J Perianesth Nurs. February 2006;21:6-11.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Learning from Bristol: The Report of the Public Inquiry into Children's Heart Surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary 1984–1995.

London, England: The Stationery Office; July 2001.

COMMENTARY

Checklists and guidelines: imaging techniques for visualizing what to do.

Davidoff F. JAMA. 2010;304:206-207.

STUDY

Adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project measures and the association with postoperative infections.

Stulberg JJ, Delaney CP, Neuhauser DV, Aron DC, Fu P, Koroukian SM. JAMA. 2010;303:2479-2485.

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