Understanding safety and performance in the cardiac operating room: From 'sharp end' to 'blunt end'

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 807-809

  Catchpole, Ken ^a   Wiegmann, Douglas ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK; VIDEORECORDING; WORKFLOW;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHECKLIST; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84867673141     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001135     Document Type: Editorial

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