Disruptions in surgical flow and their relationship to surgical errors: An exploratory investigation

2007/11/01 by Douglas A. Wiegmann, Andrew W. ElBardissi, Joseph A. Dearani +2 · 28 citations
Health Professions · Medicine · Nursing · #Health care #Hospital Admissions and Outcomes #Human error #Intensive care medicine #Medical emergency #Medicine #Nursing #Patient Safety and Medication Errors #Patient safety #Psychological intervention #Risk analysis (engineering) #Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare #Surgery #Surgical procedures #Surgical team #Teamwork

paper · doi:10.1016/j.surg.2007.07.034

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