Operating Room Teamwork

Teamwork in the operating room or is an important component ofor efficiency quality ofcare and patient safety.

Operating room teamwork. Teamwork the word brings to mind motivational speeches great sports teams and corporate slogans. Communication and teamwork contribute to adverse events. Given the importance of communication and collaboration in patient safety health care organizations should measure teamwork using a scientifically. Considerable discrepancies in perceptions of teamwork exist in the operating room with physicians rating the teamwork of others as good but at the same time nurses perceive teamwork as mediocre.

One principle in the 1999 institute of medicine report was to promote effective team functioning to create safe hospital systems 1 errors in the or can have. J am coll surg. 1 2 attempts at intervention such as crew resource management have had mixed results. Considerable discrepancies in perceptions of teamwork exist in the operating room with physicians rating the teamwork of others as good but at the same time nurses perceive teamwork as mediocre.

The operating room or offers a unique opportunity to explore concepts of teams and teamwork. One principle in the 1999 institute of medicine report was to promote effective team functioning to create safe hospital systems 1errors in the or can have catastrophic consequences for patients families caregivers and entire institutions. An ethnographic study focusing on operating room nursing underlines the significance of the operating room nurses skills to strike the right balance between technical skills and care skills which requires the dual presence of technical flair and seeing patients as human beings. Teamwork in the eye of the beholder.

Given the importance of communication and collaboration in patient safety health care organizations s. Teamwork in the operating room or is an important component of or efficiency quality of care and patient safety. Makary ma sexton jb freischlag ja et al.