A program focusing on teamwork in the operating room appeared to lessen surgical complications at Veterans Affairs facilities, researchers found.
Hospitals that implemented the program had a significant drop in the annual surgical morbidity rate of 17% (P=0.01), compared with a nonsignificant decline for centers that hadn't yet started it, Yinong Young-Xu, ScD, of the National Center for Patient Safety in River Junction, Vt., and colleagues reported in the Archives of Surgery. MedPage Today
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