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STUDY

Implementing a pre-operative checklist to increase patient safety: a 1-year follow-up of personnel attitudes.

Nilsson L, Lindberget O, Gupta A, Vegfors M. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2010;54:176-182.

STUDY

Risk factors in patient safety: minimally invasive surgery versus conventional surgery.

Rodrigues SP, Wever AM, Dankelman J, Jansen FW. Surg Endosc. 2012;26:350-356.

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Effect of a 19-item surgical safety checklist during urgent operations in a global patient population.

Weiser TG, Haynes AB, Dziekan G, et al; Safe Surgery Saves Lives Investigators and Study Group. Ann Surg. 2010;251:976-980.

STUDY

Effects of the introduction of the WHO "Surgical Safety Checklist" on in-hospital mortality: a cohort study.

van Klei WA, Hoff RG, van Aarnhem EE, et al. Ann Surg. 2012;255:44-49.

STUDY

An evaluation of information transfer through the continuum of surgical care: a feasibility study.

Nagpal K, Vats A, Ahmed K, Vincent C, Moorthy K. Ann Surg. 2010;252:402-407.

STUDY

Communication failure in the operating room.

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

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Information needs in operating room teams: what is right, what is wrong, and what is needed?

Wong HW, Forrest D, Healey A, et al. Surg Endosc. 2011;25:1913-1920.

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.

STUDY

Evaluation of a preoperative team briefing: a new communication routine results in improved clinical practice.

Lingard L, Regehr G, Cartmill C, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:475-482.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctor uses 'pre-flight' checklist.

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

STUDY

Nature and timing of incidents intercepted by the SURPASS checklist in surgical patients.

de Vries EN, Prins HA, Bennink MC, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:503-508.

STUDY

Improving operating room safety.

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

STUDY

Long-term effects of a perioperative safety checklist from the viewpoint of personnel.

Böhmer AB, Kindermann P, Schwanke U, et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2013;57:150-157.

STUDY

The implementation of a perioperative checklist increases patients' perioperative safety and staff satisfaction.

Böhmer AB, Wappler F, Tinschmann T, et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2012;56:332-338.

COMMENTARY

Proposal for a 'surgical checklist' for ambulatory oral surgery.

Perea-Pérez B, Santiago-Sáez A, García-Marín F, Labajo González E. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2011;40:949-954.

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.

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.

COMMENTARY

Cutting out human error.

Feinmann J. BMJ. 2008;337:a2370.

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