Expanded surgical time out: a key to real-time data collection and quality improvement.
Altpeter T, Luckhardt K, Lewis JN, et al. Expanded surgical time out: a key to real-time data collection and quality improvement. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204(4):527-32.
The authors describe a surgical time out process used in their hospital and advocate the compulsory use of time outs to enhance surgical safety.