To support safety and efficient care, effective integration of technology into the
timepressured, high-risk healthcare environments is critical. This systematic literature review …

OBJECTIVES: to identify characteristics related to the interruption of nurses in professional
practice, as well as to assess the implications of interruptions for patient safety. METHOD …

Objectives The work context of the operating room (OR) is considered complex and dynamic
with high cognitive demands. A multidimensional view of the complete preoperative and …

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) required for cardiac surgery presents unique challenges to
the cardiac anesthesiologist responsible for providing the 3 most basic facets of any …

Objective: This review of empirical literature focuses on the design of operating rooms (ORs)
by investigating the physical environmental features of ORs associated with patient and staff …

Non-participant direct observation of healthcare processes offers a rich method for
understanding safety and performance improvement. As a prospective method for error …

Background Performance in the operating room is an important determinant of surgical
safety. Flow disruptions (FDs) represent system-related performance problems that affect the …

The objectives of this study were to identify the frequency and nature of flow disruptions in
the operating room with respect to three cardiac surgical team members: anaesthetists; …

Objectives To design a data collection methodology to capture team activities during robot-
assisted surgery (RAS)(team communications, surgical flow, and procedural interruptions) …

Aim: To assess how the adjacencies of functionally different areas within operating rooms
(ORs) can influence the circulating nurse's (CN) workflow patterns and disruptions …