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REVIEWclassic
Interruptions and distractions in healthcare: review and reappraisal.
Rivera-Rodriguez AJ, Karsh BT. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:304-312.
COMMENTARY
The role of theory in research to develop and evaluate the implementation of patient safety practices.
Foy R, Ovretveit J, Shekelle PG, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:453-459.
STUDY
Changes in safety attitude and relationship to decreased postoperative morbidity and mortality following implementation of a checklist-based surgical safety intervention.
Haynes AB, Weiser TG, Berry WR, et al; Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:102-107.
STUDY
Student-observed surgical safety practices across an urban regional health authority.
Spence J, Goodwin B, Enns C, Dean H. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:580-586.
BOOK/REPORTclassic
The Silent Treatment: Why Safety Tools and Checklists Aren't Enough to Save Lives.
Maxfield D, Grenny J, Lavandero R, Groah L. Provo, UT: VitalSmarts; 2011.
STUDY
The introduction of a surgical safety checklist in a tertiary referral obstetric centre.
Kearns RJ, Uppal V, Bonner J, Robertson J, Daniel M, McGrady EM. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:818-822.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Naval aviation safety and its application to medicine.
Harmon KT. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare. March/April 2006;3:20-26.
STUDY
Effective surgical safety checklist implementation.
Conley DM, Singer SJ, Edmondson L, Berry WR, Gawande AA. J Am Coll Surg. 2011;212:873-879.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Patient safety in the OR.
Stempniak M. Hosp Health Netw. 2012 Oct;86:8 p following 40.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
AORN Guidance Statement: Safe Medication Practices in Perioperative Settings Across the Life Span.
AORN J. 2006;84:276-278, 280-283.
COMMENTARY
Have we gone too far in translating ideas from aviation to patient safety?
Rogers J, Gaba DM. BMJ. 2011;342:c7309-7310.
COMMENTARY
Image Gently, Step Lightly: promoting radiation safety in pediatric interventional radiology.
Sidhu M, Goske MJ, Connolly B, et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010;195:W299-W301.
AUDIOVISUAL
Limiting medical mistakes.
Maminta J. News 8 WTNH. February 3, 2012.
COMMENTARY
Engineering the system of communication for safer surgery.
Healey AN, Nagpal K, Moorthy K, Vincent CA. Cogn Tech Work. 2011;13:1-10.
AUDIOVISUAL
Healthcare 411: medication safety toolkit.
Bethesda, MD; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 25, 2009.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Safety first.
Feinmann J. BMJ. 2009;338:b420.
STUDY
Preoperative briefing in the operating room: shared cognition, teamwork, and patient safety.
Einav Y, Gopher D, Kara I, et al. Chest. 2010;137:443-449.
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
Communication failure in the operating room.
Halverson AL, Casey JT, Andersson J, et al. Surgery. 2011;49:305-310.
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