Deconstructing intraoperative communication failures.

Yue-Yung Hu; Alexander F. Arriaga; Sarah Peyre; Katherine A. Corso; Emilie M. Roth; Caprice C. Greenberg

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Deconstructing intraoperative communication failures.

June 20, 2012

Hu Y-Y, Arriaga AF, Peyre S, et al. J Surg Res. 2012;177(1):37-42.

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Video recordings of six complex surgical procedures revealed that communication failures were frequent, especially in discussions about hospital policies and cross-disciplinary exchanges.

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