An empirical investigation of surgical flow disruptions and their relationship to surgical errors

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1049-1053

  Wiegmann, Douglas A ^a   Elbardissi, Andrew W ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   Sundt, Thoralf M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

SURGICAL ERRORS; SURGICAL FLOW DISRUPTIONS;

SURGERY;

EID: 44349148615     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120605001010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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