title: The error of omission: a simple checklist approach for improving operating room safety.
abstract: The primary goal of patient safety must go hand in hand with the goal of producing reliably good aesthetic and functional results. The implementation of a proactive checklist improves operating room communication and takes the necessary step toward reducing the often neglected errors of omission. These steps are necessary if we are to ultimately achieve our goal of improving safety comprehensively in the operating room.
authors.affiliation: Burlingame and San Francisco, Calif. From private practice and the Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: Lorne K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Rosenfield
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D012449:Safety; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires