Measuring safety and efficiency in the operating room: Development and validation of a metric for evaluating task execution in the operating room

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 472-481

  Russ, Stephanie ^a   Arora, Sonal ^a   Wharton, Rupert ^a   Wheelock, Ana ^a   Hull, Louise ^a   Sharma, Eshaa ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; MEASUREMENT; METRIC FOR EVALUATING TASK EXECUTION IN THE OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHECKLIST; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATING ROOMS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873999642     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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