From the Patient Safety Monitor Blog: Team-building program decreases surgical deaths
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
November 3, 2010
Hospitals are learning about team building programs in the OR from the aviation industry and NASA to avoid surgical deaths.
A new study showed surgical death rates could decrease if operating room staff used team-building exercises similar to the ones used by airlines and NASA, reports Health Day. The Medical Team Training program enlists operating room staff to talk about potential problems before surgery, administer important checklists, and then evaluate the positive and negatives occurrences after surgery.
