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Effect of a comprehensive surgical safety system on patient outcomes.

de Vries EN, Prins HA, Crolla RM, et al; SURPASS Collaborative Group. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1928-1937.

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.

STUDY

Prevention of surgical malpractice claims by a surgical safety checklist.

de Vries EN, Eikens-Jansen MP, Hamersma AM, Smorenburg SM, Gouma DJ, Boermeester MA. Ann Surg. 2011;253:624-628.

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.

COMMENTARY

Engineering the system of communication for safer surgery.

Healey AN, Nagpal K, Moorthy K, Vincent CA. Cogn Tech Work. 2011;13:1-10.

STUDY

Improving operating room safety.

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

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

Risk-sensitive events during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the influence of the integrated operating room and a preoperative checklist tool.

Buzink SN, van Lier L, de Hingh IHJT, Jakimowicz JJ. Surg Endosc. 2010;24:1990-1995.

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.

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

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.

COMMENTARY

Wise before the event.

Watts G. BMJ. 2010;340:c1378.

STUDY

The effect of facility complexity on perceptions of safety climate in the operating room: size matters.

Carney BT, West P, Neily J, Mills PD, Bagian JP. Am J Med Qual. 2010;25:457-461.

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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

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.

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.

STUDY

Silence, power and communication in the operating room.

Gardezi F, Lingard L, Espin S, Whyte S, Orser B, Baker GR. J Adv Nurs. 2009;65:1390-1399.

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