Creating a culture of safety within operative neurosurgery: the design and implementation of a perioperative safety video.

@article{Lau2012CreatingAC,
  title={Creating a culture of safety within operative neurosurgery: the design and implementation of a perioperative safety video.},
  author={Catherine Y. Lau and S. Ryan Greysen and Rita I Mistry and Seunggu J. Han and Praveen V. Mummaneni and Mitchel S. Berger},
  journal={Neurosurgical focus},
  year={2012},
  volume={33 5},
  pages={
          E3
        }
}
OBJECT Surgical and medical errors result from failures in communication and handoffs as well as lack of standardization in clinical protocols and safety practices. Checklists, simulation training, and teamwork training have been shown to decrease adverse patient events and increase the safety culture of surgical teams. The goal of this project was to simplify and standardize perioperative patient safety practices and team communication processes within operative neurosurgery through the… 
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