Non-technical error leading to patient fatalities in the Australian surgical population
The incidence of non-technical errors associated with surgical mortality rate is high. Future NTS improvement efforts should be targeted towards Decision-Making and Situational Awareness errors.
Authors
- Octavia Lee
- Martin Bruening
- Ellie Treloar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4840-8967)
- Adam J. Wells (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4373-347X)
- Jesse D. Ey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8266-6986)
- Kun Mean Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-0669)
- Guy J. Maddern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2064-181X)
- Victoria Kollias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4663-4853)
- Matheesha Herath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2756-5864)
- John B North (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3540-8677)
Institutions
- Royal Adelaide Hospital (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of Southern Queensland (AU)
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British journal of surgery
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf083
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 15.10
Funders
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research