BACKGROUND: Recent developments in the surgical literature highlight the need for
assessment of nontechnical skills in surgery. We report a revision of the NOn-TECHnical …

Background Recent studies have investigated disruptions to surgical process via
observation. We developed the Disruptions in Surgery Index (DiSI) to assess operating room …

Objective: To evaluate whether Surgical Apgar Scores measure the relationship between
intraoperative care and surgical outcomes. Summary Background Data: With preoperative …

Background Many activities performed by team members in the operating room (OR) are not
directly related to the achievement of the surgical goal. Methods A video-aided …

AN IN-DEPTH, INTERDISCIPLINARY CASE study was conducted to map and describe the
information, material, and functional processes common to high-volume surgical specialty …

Objective The aim was to assess and discuss the utility of a complication registry for
determining outcome and delivered care in surgery. Method All patients with Laparoscopic …

Health care has evolved rapidly to meet the medical demands of society, but not to meet the
demands of consistent operational safety. In other high risk domains in which the …

Background Complex laparoscopic tasks require collaboration of surgeons as a surgical
team. Conventionally, surgical teams are formed shortly before the start of the surgery, and …

To enhance surgical systems we need to manage the performance of the teams that
comprise them. To do this we must measure the properties and processes of teams and …

Sažetak Cilj ovoga radnog paketa (WP4) Projekta SimPatIE bila je izrada rječnika i paketa
unutarnjih pokazatelja bolesnikove sigurnosti. Ovo izvješće opisuje aktivnosti poduzete za …