Commentary Patient safety and quality in surgery. Citation Text: McCafferty MH, Polk HC. Patient safety and quality in surgery. Surg Clin North Am. 2007;87(4):867-81, vii. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL December 15, 2011 McCafferty MH, Polk HC. Surg Clin North Am. 2007;87(4):867-81, vii. View more articles from the same authors. This article provides an overview of error in surgical care and summarizes activities and strategies to improve patient safety. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: McCafferty MH, Polk HC. Patient safety and quality in surgery. Surg Clin North Am. 2007;87(4):867-81, vii. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Expanded surgical time out: a key to real-time data collection and quality improvement. August 26, 2011 Quality and safety in surgical care. March 3, 2011 Renewal of surgical quality and safety initiatives: a multispecialty challenge. July 20, 2010 Enabling a learning healthcare system with automated computer protocols that produce replicable and personalized clinician actions. August 4, 2021 Patient safety in the cardiac operating room: human factors and teamwork: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. October 7, 2013 Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments: a multicenter prospective effectiveness implementation study. November 16, 2022 Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting. October 19, 2022 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance. April 24, 2018 Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among frontline health care personnel in a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical centers, April-June 2020. September 23, 2020 Preventing home medication administration errors. March 14, 2022 View More Related Resources Analysis of human performance deficiencies associated with surgical adverse events. August 14, 2019 Office-based surgery and patient outcomes. March 27, 2019 Surgical fires: decreasing incidence relies on continued prevention efforts. July 18, 2018 Outcomes of concurrent operations: results from the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. October 11, 2017 Patient Safety and the Invitational Conference on Contemporary Surgical Quality, Safety and Transparency. October 3, 2017 Surfacing safety hazards using standardized operating room briefings and debriefings at a large regional medical center. January 3, 2017 Simulation-based Surgical Education. November 25, 2015 Preventable morbidity at a mature trauma center. April 30, 2014 Recommendations for quality assurance and improvement in surgical and autopsy pathology. September 29, 2010 ACOG Committee Opinion #464: patient safety in the surgical environment. August 27, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Physicians Surgery Surgical Complications Quality Improvement Strategies Error Analysis
Expanded surgical time out: a key to real-time data collection and quality improvement. August 26, 2011
Enabling a learning healthcare system with automated computer protocols that produce replicable and personalized clinician actions. August 4, 2021
Patient safety in the cardiac operating room: human factors and teamwork: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. October 7, 2013
Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments: a multicenter prospective effectiveness implementation study. November 16, 2022
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Outcomes of concurrent operations: results from the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. October 11, 2017
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Surfacing safety hazards using standardized operating room briefings and debriefings at a large regional medical center. January 3, 2017
Recommendations for quality assurance and improvement in surgical and autopsy pathology. September 29, 2010