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Improving safety and quality of care with enhanced teamwork through operating room briefings.

October 1, 2014

Hicks CW, Rosen MA, Hobson DB, et al. JAMA Surg. 2014;149(8):863-8.

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Operating room briefings or time-outs are mandated by The Joint Commission as a strategy to prevent wrong-site surgery. This commentary explores the use of briefings both before and after surgery, evidence regarding their impact, and how a comprehensive unit-based safety program (CUSP) initiative designed and implemented a briefing and debriefing process.

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