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Fig. 2 | Patient Safety in Surgery

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From: The Power of The (First) Name: Do name tags for operating room staff improve effective communication and patient safety? A proof-of-concept study from an academic medical center in Germany

Fig. 2

Overall rating, aspects of improvement and frequency of use of name tagging in the OR. The total score (a) shows a general evaluation of the project (range from 1 = bad to 5 = good, median = 3.4). Positive effects are shown in (b). The frequency of use is illustrated in (c) (range from 1 = never to 10 = always). Overall rating was very good (a), improvement was mostly seen in direct address through using names and communication in general (b). Overall compliance was high (c)

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Patient Safety in Surgery

ISSN: 1754-9493