Improving operating room and perioperative safety: Background and specific recommendations

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-135

  Schimpff, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical errors; Patient safety; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; TEAMWORK; BIOENGINEERING; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; SURGERY; TELEMEDICINE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 34548061632     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350607301746     Document Type: Article

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