Commentary On the quest for Six Sigma. Citation Text: Moorman D. On the quest for Six Sigma. Am J Surg. 2005;189(3):253-8. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL February 25, 2009 Moorman D. Am J Surg. 2005;189(3):253-8. View more articles from the same authors. This discussion of patient safety from a surgical perspective highlights issues involving hierarchy, human factors, and multidisciplinary team training as opportunities to reduce medical errors in surgery. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Moorman D. On the quest for Six Sigma. Am J Surg. 2005;189(3):253-8. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) A policy-based intervention for the reduction of communication breakdowns in inpatient surgical care: results from a Harvard surgical safety collaborative. September 29, 2017 Sustained effectiveness of a primary-team-based rapid response system. October 12, 2012 Improving the patient, family, and clinician experience after harmful events: the "When Things Go Wrong" curriculum. November 23, 2016 Simulated laparoscopic operating room crisis: an approach to enhance the surgical team performance. July 2, 2008 Communication practices on 4 Harvard surgical services: a surgical safety collaborative. January 4, 2010 Framing family conversation after early diagnosis of iatrogenic injury and incidental findings. May 4, 2010 Effect of a central call center on employee perceptions of safety culture within community pharmacies in an academic health system. June 5, 2019 Communication failure in the operating room. March 3, 2011 Surgical team training: the Northwestern Memorial Hospital experience. February 25, 2009 Nonhospital health care–associated hepatitis B and C virus transmission: United States, 1998-2008. December 31, 2014 View More Related Resources Stop the line: interventions to prevent retained surgical items. September 25, 2024 Reducing surgical mortality in Scotland by use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. May 8, 2019 Using Six Sigma to improve patient safety in the perioperative process. June 27, 2018 A nurse-led approach to developing and implementing a collaborative count policy. September 29, 2017 Promoting patient safety with perioperative hand-off communication. August 10, 2016 Workplace bullying in the OR: results of a descriptive study. November 13, 2013 Risk factors associated with incorrect surgical counts. September 12, 2012 Patient safety: break the silence. May 9, 2012 Surgical count practice variability and the potential for retained surgical items. February 22, 2012 A common body of care: the ethics and politics of teamwork in the operating theater are inseparable. September 28, 2010 View More See More About The Topic Operating Room Physicians Nurses Surgery Medical/Surgical Nursing View More
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Improving the patient, family, and clinician experience after harmful events: the "When Things Go Wrong" curriculum. November 23, 2016
Simulated laparoscopic operating room crisis: an approach to enhance the surgical team performance. July 2, 2008
Communication practices on 4 Harvard surgical services: a surgical safety collaborative. January 4, 2010
Framing family conversation after early diagnosis of iatrogenic injury and incidental findings. May 4, 2010
Effect of a central call center on employee perceptions of safety culture within community pharmacies in an academic health system. June 5, 2019
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A common body of care: the ethics and politics of teamwork in the operating theater are inseparable. September 28, 2010