Evaluation of critical incidents in general surgery.

U. Zingg; E. Zala-Mezoe; B. Kuenzle; A. Licht; U. Metzger; G. Grote; A. Platz

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Evaluation of critical incidents in general surgery.

November 5, 2008

Zingg U, Zala-Mezoe E, Kuenzle B, et al. Br J Surg. 2008;95(11):1420-5.

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This study developed an evaluation protocol to investigate critical incidents in the surgical setting, and assessed its feasibility by categorizing 139 incidents into a combination of three classification systems.

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