Surgical case listing accuracy: Failure analysis at a high-volume academic medical center

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 641-646

  Cima, Robert R ^a   Hale, Curt ^a   Kollengode, Anantha ^a   Rogers, James C ^a   Cassivi, Stephen D ^a   Deschamps, Claude ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ELECTRONICS; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NURSING; OPERATING ROOM; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMMUNICATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OPERATING ROOMS; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954963002     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.112     Document Type: Article

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