Identification and categorization of technical errors by Observational Clinical Human Reliability Assessment (OCHRA) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1215-1220

  Tang, B ^a   Hanna, G B ^b   Joice, P ^a   Cuschieri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROSURGERY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GALLSTONES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 7744232787     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.11.1215     Document Type: Article

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