Protecting patients from an unsafe system: The etiology and recovery of intraoperative deviations in care

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-210

  Hu, Yue Yung ^a,b   Arriaga, Alexander F ^a,c   Roth, Emilie M ^d   Peyre, Sarah E ^a,e   Corso, Katherine A ^a   Swanson, Richard S ^a   Osteen, Robert T ^a   Schmitt, Pamela ^a   Bader, Angela M ^a   Zinner, Michael J ^a   Greenberg, Caprice C ^a,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Roth Cognitive Engineering   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse events; human factors; intraoperative deviations; operating room delays; resilience; surgical safety

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEADERSHIP; OPERATION DURATION; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; VIDEORECORDING;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84863856118     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182602564     Document Type: Article

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