BMJ quality & safety
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BMJ quality & safety · Jan 2020
ReviewManaging risk in hazardous conditions: improvisation is not enough.
To improve overall safety and reduce harm, focus should be on reducing risk instead of eliminating harm.
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BMJ quality & safety · Jan 2020
Interventions for improving teamwork in intrapartem care: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.
The labour and delivery environment relies heavily on interdisciplinary collaboration from anaesthesiologists, obstetricians and nurses or midwives to deliver optimal patient care. A large number of adverse events in obstetrics are associated with failure in communication and teamwork among team members, with substantive consequences. The objective of this study is to perform a systematic review of interventions aimed at improving teamwork in obstetrics. ⋯ CRD42018090452.
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BMJ quality & safety · Apr 2019
ReviewMeasuring the teamwork performance of teams in crisis situations: a systematic review of assessment tools and their measurement properties.
Educational interventions to improve teamwork in crisis situations have proliferated in recent years with substantial variation in teamwork measurement. This systematic review aimed to synthesise available tools and their measurement properties in order to identify the most robust tool for measuring the teamwork performance of teams in crisis situations. ⋯ A number of tools are available for assessing teamwork performance of teams in crisis situations. Although selection will ultimately depend on the user's context, TEAM may be the most promising tool given its measurement evidence. Currently, there is a lack of tools to assess teamwork performance during intraoperative crisis situations. Additional research is needed in this regard.
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BMJ quality & safety · Apr 2019
ReviewMeasuring the teamwork performance of teams in crisis situations: a systematic review of assessment tools and their measurement properties.
Educational interventions to improve teamwork in crisis situations have proliferated in recent years with substantial variation in teamwork measurement. This systematic review aimed to synthesise available tools and their measurement properties in order to identify the most robust tool for measuring the teamwork performance of teams in crisis situations. ⋯ A number of tools are available for assessing teamwork performance of teams in crisis situations. Although selection will ultimately depend on the user's context, TEAM may be the most promising tool given its measurement evidence. Currently, there is a lack of tools to assess teamwork performance during intraoperative crisis situations. Additional research is needed in this regard.