Changing operating room culture: implementation of a postoperative debrief and improved safety culture.

Stephen T. Magill; Doris D. Wang; Caleb Rutledge; Darryl Lau; Mitchel S. Berger; Sujatha Sankaran; Catherine Y. Lau; Sarah G. Imershein

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Changing operating room culture: implementation of a postoperative debrief and improved safety culture.

February 14, 2018

Magill ST, Wang DD, Rutledge C, et al. World Neurosurg. 2017;107:597-603.

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Postoperative debriefing is a strategy to improve teamwork. This pre–post study found that safety culture, as measured by the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire, improved after implementation of postoperative debriefing at a single center's neurosurgery service.

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