Bariatric surgery with operating room teams that stayed fixed during the day: a multicenter study analyzing the effects on patient outcomes, teamwork and safety climate, and procedure duration.

Pieter S Stepaniak; Christiaan Heij; Marc P Buise; Guido H H Mannaerts; Frans Smulders; Simon W Nienhuijs

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Bariatric surgery with operating room teams that stayed fixed during the day: a multicenter study analyzing the effects on patient outcomes, teamwork and safety climate, and procedure duration.

December 19, 2012

Stepaniak PS, Heij C, Buise MP, et al. Anesth Analg. 2012;115(6):1384-92.

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Bariatric surgery procedures conducted with a stable operating room team were more efficient and were associated with improved teamwork and safety climate, compared with procedures performed when changes in team members occurred during the procedure.

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