Expanded surgical time out: a key to real-time data collection and quality improvement.

Terry Altpeter; Kitty Luckhardt; John N. Lewis; Alden H. Harken; Hiram C. Polk

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Expanded surgical time out: a key to real-time data collection and quality improvement.

August 26, 2011

Altpeter T, Luckhardt K, Lewis JN, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204(4):527-32.

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The authors describe a surgical time out process used in their hospital and advocate the compulsory use of time outs to enhance surgical safety.

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