Factors compromising safety in surgery: stressful events in the operating room.

Sonal Arora; Louise Hull; Nick Sevdalis; Tanya Tierney; Debra Nestel; Maria Woloshynowych; Ara Darzi; Roger Kneebone

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Factors compromising safety in surgery: stressful events in the operating room.

February 10, 2010

Arora S, Hull L, Sevdalis N, et al. Am J Surg. 2010;199(1):60-5.

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Using a real-time observer, this study found that technical, patient, and equipment problems were frequent sources of stress in the operating room.

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