The 'time-out' procedure: An institutional ethnography of how it is conducted in actual clinical practice

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 647-655

  Braaf, Sandra ^a   Manias, Elizabeth ^a   Riley, Robin ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGEON; TIME OUT PROCEDURE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKFLOW;

COMMUNICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY CULTURE; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL SURGERY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880882773     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001702     Document Type: Article

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