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Debriefing in the OR: A Quality Improvement Project.

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Finch, EP; Langston, M; Erickson, D; Pereira, K
Published in: AORN journal
March 2019

Ineffective communication can contribute to perioperative adverse events even when a safety checklist is used. The purpose of this project was to improve the overall debriefing process of the surgical safety checklist. We included coaches and used the International Classification for Patient Safety for categorizing any opportunities for improvement that were identified during the debriefing process. The results of our project showed an increase in both the total number of debriefings completed and the number of items discussed when completing the debriefing checklist in comparison with the preintervention compliance audits. We concluded that by using a coaching strategy and method to categorize perioperative opportunities for improvement during the debriefing process, there was improved compliance with completing the debriefing process in our facility.

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AORN journal

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EISSN

1878-0369

ISSN

0001-2092

Publication Date

March 2019

Volume

109

Issue

3

Start / End Page

336 / 344

Related Subject Headings

  • Quality of Health Care
  • Quality Improvement
  • Program Development
  • Patient Safety
  • Patient Care Team
  • Operating Rooms
  • Nursing
  • Interprofessional Relations
  • Humans
  • Checklist
 

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Finch, E. P., Langston, M., Erickson, D., & Pereira, K. (2019). Debriefing in the OR: A Quality Improvement Project. AORN Journal, 109(3), 336–344. https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.12616
Finch, Elizabeth P., Michael Langston, Deborah Erickson, and Katherine Pereira. “Debriefing in the OR: A Quality Improvement Project.AORN Journal 109, no. 3 (March 2019): 336–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.12616.
Finch EP, Langston M, Erickson D, Pereira K. Debriefing in the OR: A Quality Improvement Project. AORN journal. 2019 Mar;109(3):336–44.
Finch, Elizabeth P., et al. “Debriefing in the OR: A Quality Improvement Project.AORN Journal, vol. 109, no. 3, Mar. 2019, pp. 336–44. Epmc, doi:10.1002/aorn.12616.
Finch EP, Langston M, Erickson D, Pereira K. Debriefing in the OR: A Quality Improvement Project. AORN journal. 2019 Mar;109(3):336–344.
Journal cover image

Published In

AORN journal

DOI

EISSN

1878-0369

ISSN

0001-2092

Publication Date

March 2019

Volume

109

Issue

3

Start / End Page

336 / 344

Related Subject Headings

  • Quality of Health Care
  • Quality Improvement
  • Program Development
  • Patient Safety
  • Patient Care Team
  • Operating Rooms
  • Nursing
  • Interprofessional Relations
  • Humans
  • Checklist