@article{7827,
  author = {Dennis C. Gore and Jennifer M. Powell and Jennifer G. Baer and Karen H. Sexton and Joan Richardson and David R. Marshall and David L. Chinkes and Courtney M. Townsend},
  title = {Crew resource management improved perception of patient safety in the operating room.},
  abstract = {<p>To improve safety in the operating theater, a company of aviation pilots was employed to guide implementation of preprocedural briefings. A 5-point Likert scale survey that assessed the attitudes of operating room personnel toward patient safety was distributed before and 6 months following implementation of the briefings. Using Mann-Whitney analysis, the survey showed a significant (P < .05) improvement in 2 questions (of 13) involving reporting error and 2 questions (of 11) involving patient safety climate. When analyzed by occupation, there were no significant changes for faculty physicians; for resident physicians, there was a significant improvement in 1 question (of 13) regarding error reporting. For nurses, there were significant improvements in 3 questions (of 4) involving teamwork, 1 question (of 13) involving reporting error, and 3 questions (of 11) regarding patient safety climate. These results suggest that aviation-based crew resource management initiatives lead to an improved perception of patient safety, which was largely demonstrated by nursing personnel.</p>},
  year = {2010},
  journal = {Am J Med Qual},
  volume = {25},
  pages = {60-3},
  month = {12/2010},
  issn = {1555-824X},
  doi = {10.1177/1062860609351236},
  language = {eng},
}