Process improvement in cardiac surgery: Development and implementation of a reoperation for bleeding checklist Gabriel Loor, MD, Alessandro Vivacqua, MD, Joseph F. Sabik, MD, Liang Li, PhD, Eric D. Hixson, PhD, MBA, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD, Colleen G. Koch, MD, MS, MBA The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 146, Issue 5, Pages 1028-1032 (November 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.05.043 Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Reoperation for bleeding checklist. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 1028-1032DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.05.043) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Process flow diagram for development and implementation of the reoperation for bleeding checklist. CT, Cardiothoracic; OR, operating room. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 1028-1032DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.05.043) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Geometric chart displaying the number of cases between reoperations for bleeding. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 1028-1032DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.05.043) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions