Assessment of operating room team members’ ability to identify other team members in the operating room, a quality improvement exercise

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology, Coombe Women’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Evelyn Scott & Caoimhe C. Duffy

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Coombe Women’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Stephen W. Lindow

  3. Department of Perioperative Services, and Instructor in Anaesthesia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Caoimhe C. Duffy

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Scott, E., Lindow, S.W. & Duffy, C.C. Assessment of operating room team members’ ability to identify other team members in the operating room, a quality improvement exercise. Ir J Med Sci (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-021-02521-6

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