The impact of operating room distractions on stress, workload, and teamwork

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1079-1084

  Wheelock, Ana ^a   Suliman, Amna ^b   Wharton, Rupert ^b   Babu, E D ^b   Hull, Louise ^a   Vincent, Charles ^c   Sevdalis, Nick ^a   Arora, Sonal ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distractions; OR; Stress; Teamwork; Workload

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; COOPERATION; COORDINATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB STRESS; LEADERSHIP; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SURGEON; TEAMWORK; WORKLOAD; ATTENTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; SURGERY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84940710427     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001051     Document Type: Article

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