Crisis checklists for the operating room: development and pilot testing.

John E. Ziewacz; Alexander F. Arriaga; Angela M. Bader; William R. Berry; Lizabeth Edmondson; Judith M. Wong; Stuart Lipsitz; David L. Hepner; Sarah Peyre; Steven Nelson; Daniel J. Boorman; Douglas S. Smink; Stanley W. Ashley; Atul A. Gawande

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Crisis checklists for the operating room: development and pilot testing.

July 25, 2011

Ziewacz JE, Arriaga AF, Bader AM, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2011;213(2):212-217.e10.

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This study applied a checklist to address 12 commonly identified operating room crises, and found that the tool led to significant improvements in adherence for critical management steps.

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