Evaluation of a preoperative checklist and team briefing among surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists to reduce failures in communication

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-17

  Lingard, Lorelei ^a   Regehr, Glenn ^a   Orser, Beverley ^a   Reznick, Richard ^a   Baker, G Ross ^a   Doran, Diane ^a   Espin, Sherry ^b   Bohnen, John ^a   Whyte, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNICATION FAILURE; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEAM BUILDING;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING, TEAM; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38549107212     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2007.21     Document Type: Article

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