Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 213, Issue 2 , Pages 212-217.e10 , August 2011

Crisis Checklists for the Operating Room: Development and Pilot Testing

  • John E. Ziewacz, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Alexander F. Arriaga, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Angela M. Bader, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • William R. Berry, MD, MPH, MPA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Lizabeth Edmondson, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
  • ,
  • Judith M. Wong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Stuart R. Lipsitz, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • David L. Hepner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Sarah Peyre, EDD

      Affiliations

    • STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Steven Nelson, BA

      Affiliations

    • STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Daniel J. Boorman, BS

      Affiliations

    • Boeing Aircraft Corporation, Seattle, WA
  • ,
  • Douglas S. Smink, MD, MPH, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Stanley W. Ashley, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Atul A. Gawande, MD, MPH, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
    • Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115

Received 14 March 2011 ,Revised 14 April 2011 ,Accepted 14 April 2011.

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PII: S1072-7515(11)00343-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.04.031

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 213, Issue 2 , Pages 212-217.e10 , August 2011