Observational Teamwork Assessment for Surgery (OTAS): Refinement and Application in Urological Surgery

2007192 citationsJournal Article

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Shabnam Undre · St. Mary's Hospital

Nick Sevdalis · St. Mary's Hospital

A. N. Healey · St. Mary's Hospital

Ara Darzi · Imperial College London

Charles Vincent · St. Mary's Hospital

Abstract

Our findings suggest that OTAS is applicable to various branches of surgery. Separate assessment of the subteams in the operating theater provides useful information that can be used to build targeted teamwork training aiming to improve surgical patients' safety and outcomes.

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Patient Safety and Medication Errors Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization

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Published in: World Journal of Surgery

Volume 31, Issue 7, pp. 1373-1381

DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9053-z

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