title: Operating room debriefings.
abstract: This tool helps assess factors that positively and negatively contributed to an adverse event, near miss, or inefficiency during an operation-or any procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The John Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. mmakary1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Martin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Makary
authors.forename: Christine G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Holzmueller
authors.forename: J Bryan
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sexton
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Freischlag
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ulatowski
authors.forename: Eugenie S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Heitmiller
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rowen
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Pronovost
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative