TABLE 2.

Participating departments in the study

	Department A	Department B a	Department C
Number of employees	45	30	Approx. 30
Staff functions	Nurse anaesthetists Operation room nurses Assistant nurses Anaesthesiologists	Nurse anaesthetists Assistant nurses Anaesthesiologists	Nurse anaesthetists Operation room nurses Assistant nurses Anaesthesiologists
Manager experience	11 years	3 years b	3½ years

^a The department has different management responsibilities for operation room staff and anaesthetist staff.

^b Change of management between session one and session two (i.e., baseline and 6 months after implementation of the structured support model).