Human factors in surgery: from Three Mile Island to the operating room.

Alessandro D'Addessi; Luca Bongiovanni; Andrea Volpe; Francesco Pinto; PierFrancesco Bassi

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Human factors in surgery: from Three Mile Island to the operating room.

June 9, 2011

D'Addessi A, Bongiovanni L, Volpe A, et al. Urol Int. 2009;83(3):249-57.

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This review provides background on human factors as a field of study in safety improvement and discusses its application to the operating theater and surgical team communication.

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