Operating room briefings: Working on the same page

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 351-355

  Makary, Martin A ^a   Thompson, David ^b   Rowen, Lisa ^c   Heitmiller, Eugenie S ^b   Maley, Warren R ^d   Black, James H ^b   Stegner, Katherine ^b   Freischlag, Julie A ^b   Ulatowski, John A ^b   Pronovost, Peter J ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine ^*

^c Surgical Nursing Administration

^d Transplant Service

^e Adult Critical Care

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE;

HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33745444522     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(06)32045-4     Document Type: Article

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