Identification and classification of flow disruptions in the operating room during two types of general surgery procedures

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 884-888

  Duff, Sacha N ^a,b   Windham, T Christopher ^c   Wiegmann, Douglas A ^b   Kring, Jason ^a   Schaus, Jennifer D ^a   Malony, Robert ^a   Boquet, Albert ^a  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENTS; GENERAL SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LATENT FAILURES; MEDICAL ERRORS; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; SURGICAL TASKS; TEAM MEMBERS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

ERRORS; HEALTH CARE; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGERY;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 79952941314     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118110X12829369606684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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