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Archive > May, 2010 Vol. XI, No. 5

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Something's Not Right When Someone Yells Delta in the OR

Cassandra Whitney, RN, CNOR, BPM, MHA

To prevent errors in the OR, we trained our staff in Crew Resource Management (CRM) techniques. Created by NASA, CRM is common in the aviation industry and used increasingly in health care. It's based on checklists and redundancies and encourages the OR team to speak up when they have a question, concern or when something just doesn't feel right.

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