Patient Safety Resources for Clinicians.

Combining systems and teamwork approaches to enhance the effectiveness of safety improvement interventions in surgery: the Safer Delivery of Surgical Services (S3) program.

McCulloch P, Morgan L, New S, et al. Ann Surg. Ann Surg. 2017;265:90-96.

Remote video auditing with real-time feedback in an academic surgical suite improves safety and efficiency metrics: a cluster randomised study.

Overdyk FJ, Dowling O, Newman S, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016;25:947-953.

Introduction to the STS National Database Series: outcomes analysis, quality improvement, and patient safety.

Jacobs JP, Shahian DM, Prager RL, et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015;100:1992-2000.

Post-traumatic stress disorder amongst surgical trainees: an unrecognised risk?

Thompson CV, Naumann DN, Fellows JL, Bowley DM, Suggett N. Surgeon. 2017;15:123-130.

Enhancing Surgical Performance: A Primer in Non-technical Skills.

Flin R, Youngson GG, Yule S. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2015. ISBN: 9781482246322.

Operating room hazards and approaches to improve patient safety.

Wahr JA. UpToDate. July 22, 2018.

A systematic review of the effect of distraction on surgeon performance: directions for operating room policy and surgical training.

Mentis HM, Chellali A, Manser K, Cao CGL, Schwaitzberg SD. Surg Endosc. 2016;30:1713-1724.

Barriers and facilitators related to the implementation of surgical safety checklists: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence.

Bergs J, Lambrechts F, Simons P, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015;24:776-778.

Breaking the silence of the switch—increasing transparency about trainee participation in surgery.

McAlister C. N Engl J Med. 2015;372:2477-2479.

Surgical checklist implementation project: the impact of variable WHO checklist compliance on risk-adjusted clinical outcomes after national implementation: a longitudinal study.

Mayer EK, Sevdalis N, Rout S, et al. Ann Surg. 2016;263:58-63.

Quality Improvement in Neurosurgery.

Rolston JD, Han SJ, Parsa AT, eds. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2015;26:143-322.

Innovation in safety, and safety in innovation.

Eisenberg D, Wren SM. JAMA Surg. 2014;149:7-9.

Innovation in Perioperative Patient Safety.

Miller DR, Merry AF, eds. Can J Anesth. 2013;60:7-220.

Perspectives in quality: designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist.

Weiser TG, Haynes AB, Lashoher A, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2010;22:365-370.

Practice advisory for the prevention and management of operating room fires. 

Caplan RA, Barker SJ, Connis RT, et al; for American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Operating Room Fires. Anesthesiology. 2008;108:786-801.

2008 Recommendations for Pre-Anesthesia Checkout Procedures. 

ASA Committee on Equipment and Facilities. Park Ridge, IL: American Society of Anesthesiologists; 2008. 

Inspiring Ideas and Celebrating Successes: A Guidebook to Leading Patient Safety Practices in Ontario Hospitals.

OHA Patient Safety Support Service. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Ontario Hospital Association; 2006.

Operating room fires.

Jones TS, Black IH, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Anesthesiology. 2019 Jan 10; [Epub ahead of print].

Scaling safety: the South Carolina Surgical Safety Checklist experience.

Berry WR, Edmondson L, Gibbons LR, et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37:1779-1786.

Quality, Value, and Patient Safety in Orthopedic Surgery.

Azar FM, ed. Orthop Clin North Am. 2018;49:A1-A8,389-552.