Improving operating room first start efficiency - Value of both checklist and a pre-operative facilitator

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1118-1123

  Panni, M K ^a   Shah, S J ^a   Chavarro, C ^a   Rawl, M ^a   Wojnarwsky, P K ^a   Panni, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BENCHMARKING; CHECKLIST; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84884279333     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12166     Document Type: Article

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