Discrepant perceptions of communication, teamwork and situation awareness among surgical team members.

L. S G L Wauben; C. M Dekker- van Doorn; J. D H van Wijngaarden; R. H M Goossens; R. Huijsman; J. Klein; J. F. Lange

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Discrepant perceptions of communication, teamwork and situation awareness among surgical team members.

March 23, 2011

Wauben LSGL, van Doorn CMD-, van Wijngaarden JDH, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23(2):159-66.

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Surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, and nurse anesthetists had widely differing perceptions of teamwork and communication in the operating room, corroborating findings from a prior classic study of operating room teamwork.

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