Abstract

AMAYA, Ana Carolina; NARVAEZ, Ricardo  and  ESLAVA-SCHMALBACH, Javier. Team work as a contributing factor on the incidence of medical errors or adverse events. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2013, vol.28, n.4, pp.297-310. ISSN 2011-7582.

Background: The aim of this review was to assess team work as a contributing variable to the occurrence of medical errors or adverse events in the operating room. Data Sources: The Cochrane library, MEDLINE, Embase, OVID and LILACS databases were searched for studies measuring team work or its components, and their associations with medical errors or adverse events. Two authors worked independently to the review abstracts, disagreements were solved by consensus. The selected articles were reviewed and evidence quality rating was performed. Conclusions: Information on the impact of team work on patient safety is deficient. Some studies suggest that patients undergoing intervention by a surgical group that has had difficulties with team work exhibited a higher risk of adverse effects. There is need of further studies with better information and of superior quality so as to determine the positive impact on the health results by the adequate work of the surgical team in the operating room.

Keywords : surgery; patient care team; patient safety; medical errors; adverse effects.

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