@article{2606,
  keywords = {WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, communication, safety, teamwork},
  author = {Richard A. Cabral and Terry Eggenberger and Kathryn Keller and Barry S. Gallison and David Newman},
  title = {Use of a surgical safety checklist to improve team communication},
  abstract = {<p>To improve surgical team communication, a team at Broward Health Imperial Point Hospital, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, implemented a program for process improvement using a locally adapted World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist. This program included a standardized, comprehensive time out and a briefing/debriefing process. Postimplementation responses to the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire revealed a significant increase in the surgical team's perception of communication compared with that reported on the pretest (6% improvement resulting in t79 = -1.72, P < .05, d = 0.39). Perceptions of communication increased significantly for nurses (12% increase, P = .002), although the increase for surgeons and surgical technologists was lower (4% for surgeons, P = .15 and 2.3% for surgical technologists, P = .06). As a result of this program, we have observed improved surgical teamwork behaviors and an enhanced culture of safety in the OR. </p>},
  year = {2016},
  journal = {AORN J},
  volume = {104},
  pages = {206-216},
  month = {09/2016},
  issn = {1878-0369},
  doi = {10.1016/j.aorn.2016.06.019},
  language = {eng},
}