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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor uses 'pre-flight' checklist.

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

STUDY

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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.

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.

COMMENTARY

Cutting out human error.

Feinmann J. BMJ. 2008;337:a2370.

BOOK/REPORT

Back to Basics.

Gima Z, Gosselar P, Levine A, Lincoln T, Ramirez A. Washington, DC: Public Citizen; August 6, 2009.

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

Improving operating room safety.

Hurlbert SN, Garrett J. Patient Saf Surg. 2009;3:25.

COMMENTARY

Clinical care checklists: salvations or frustrations?

Jones JW, McCullough LB. J Vasc Surg. 2011;53:1429-1430.

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.

BOOK/REPORT classic

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right.

Gawande A. New York, NY: Metropolitan Books; 2009. ISBN: 9780805091748.

AUDIOVISUAL

The power of checklists.

Gawande A, Weinstock M. Hosp Health Netw. July 27, 2011.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Safe Surgery Saves Lives.

Canadian Patient Safety Institute.

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.

STUDY

Can aviation-based team training elicit sustainable behavioral change?

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

STUDY

Communication failure in the operating room.

Halverson AL, Casey JT, Andersson J, et al. Surgery. 2011;49:305-310.

STUDY

Novel use of electronic whiteboard in the operating room increases surgical team compliance with pre-incision safety practices.

Mainthia R, Lockney T, Zotov A, et al. Surgery. 2012;151:660-666.

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.

COMMENTARY

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

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

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