The influence of standardisation and task load on team coordination patterns during anaesthesia inductions.

E. Zala-Mezö; J. Wacker; B. Künzle; M. Brüesch; G. Grote

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The influence of standardisation and task load on team coordination patterns during anaesthesia inductions.

April 29, 2009

Zala-Mezö E, Wacker J, Künzle B, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18(2):127-30; 1 p following 130.

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Direct observation and videotaping of anesthesia teams were used to determine activities that required lower or higher levels of teamwork and to analyze the behaviors teams used to coordinate their actions.

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