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. 2015 Mar 30;2015(3):CD009404. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009404.pub3
  CINAHL search strategy
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S127 S126 NOT S125
S126 S115 AND S64 AND S111
S125 S115 AND S64 AND S86
S124 S123 NOT S122
S123 S115 AND S79 AND S111
S122 S115 AND S79 AND S86
S121 S120 NOT S119
S120 S115 AND S68 AND S111
S119 S115 AND S68 AND S86
S118 S117 NOT S116
S117 S115 AND S58 AND S111
S116 S115 AND S58 AND S86
S115 S32 OR S35 OR S41
S114 S113 NOT S112
S113 S27 AND S111
S112 S27 AND S86
S111 S87 or S88 or S89 or S90 or S91 or S92 or S93 or S94 or S95 or S96 or S97 or S98 or S99 or S100 or S101 or S102 or S103 or S104 or S105 or S106 or S107 or S108 or S109 or S110
S110 TI ( (time points n3 over) or (time points n3 multiple) or (time points n3 three) or (time points n3 four) or (time points n3 five) or (time points n3 six) or (time points n3 seven) or (time points n3 eight) or (time points n3 nine) or (time points n3 ten) or (time points n3 eleven) or (time points n3 twelve) or (time points n3 month*) or (time points n3 hour*) or (time points n3 day*) or (time points n3 "more than") ) or AB ( (time points n3 over) or (time points n3 multiple) or (time points n3 three) or (time points n3 four) or (time points n3 five) or (time points n3 six) or (time points n3 seven) or (time points n3 eight) or (time points n3 nine) or (time points n3 ten) or (time points n3 eleven) or (time points n3 twelve) or (time points n3 month*) or (time points n3 hour*) or (time points n3 day*) or (time points n3 "more than") )
S109 TI ( (control w3 area) or (control w3 cohort*) or (control w3 compar*) or (control w3 condition) or (control w3 group*) or (control w3 intervention*) or (control w3 participant*) or (control w3 study) ) or AB ( (control w3 area) or (control w3 cohort*) or (control w3 compar*) or (control w3 condition) or (control w3 group*) or (control w3 intervention*) or (control w3 participant*) or (control w3 study) )
S108 TI ( multicentre or multicenter or multi‐centre or multi‐center ) or AB random*
S107 TI random* OR controlled
S106 TI ( trial or (study n3 aim) or "our study" ) or AB ( (study n3 aim) or "our study" )
S105 TI ( pre‐workshop or preworkshop or post‐workshop or postworkshop or (before n3 workshop) or (after n3 workshop) ) or AB ( pre‐workshop or preworkshop or post‐workshop or postworkshop or (before n3 workshop) or (after n3 workshop) )
S104 TI ( demonstration project OR demonstration projects OR preimplement* or pre‐implement* or post‐implement* or postimplement* ) or AB ( demonstration project OR demonstration projects OR preimplement* or pre‐implement* or post‐implement* or postimplement* )
S103 (intervention n6 clinician*) or (intervention n6 community) or (intervention n6 complex) or (intervention n6 design*) or (intervention n6 doctor*) or (intervention n6 educational) or (intervention n6 family doctor*) or (intervention n6 family physician*) or (intervention n6 family practitioner*) or (intervention n6 financial) or (intervention n6 GP) or (intervention n6 general practice*) Or (intervention n6 hospital*) or (intervention n6 impact*) Or (intervention n6 improv*) or (intervention n6 individualize*) Or (intervention n6 individualise*) or (intervention n6 individualizing) or (intervention n6 individualising) or (intervention n6 interdisciplin*) or (intervention n6 multicomponent) or (intervention n6 multi‐component) or (intervention n6 multidisciplin*) or (intervention n6 multi‐disciplin*) or (intervention n6 multifacet*) or (intervention n6 multi‐facet*) or (intervention n6 multimodal*) or (intervention n6 multi‐modal*) or (intervention n6 personalize*) or(intervention n6 personalise*) or (intervention n6 personalizing) or (intervention n6 personalising) or (intervention n6 pharmaci*) or (intervention n6 pharmacist*) or (intervention n6 pharmacy) or (intervention n6 physician*) or (intervention n6 practitioner*) Or (intervention n6 prescrib*) or (intervention n6 prescription*) or (intervention n6 primary care) or (intervention n6 professional*) or (intervention* n6 provider*) or (intervention* n6 regulatory) or (intervention n6 regulatory) or (intervention n6 tailor*) or (intervention n6 target*) or (intervention n6 team*) or (intervention n6 usual care)
S102 TI ( collaborativ* or collaboration* or tailored or personalised or personalized ) or AB ( collaborativ* or collaboration* or tailored or personalised or personalized )
S101 TI pilot
S100 (MH "Pilot Studies")
S99 AB "before‐and‐after"
S98 AB time series
S97 TI time series
S96 AB ( before* n10 during or before n10 after ) or AU ( before* n10 during or before n10 after )
S95 TI ( (time point*) or (period* n4 interrupted) or (period* n4 multiple) or (period* n4 time) or (period* n4 various) or (period* n4 varying) or (period* n4 week*) or (period* n4 month*) or (period* n4 year*) ) or AB ( (time point*) or (period* n4 interrupted) or (period* n4 multiple) or (period* n4 time) or (period* n4 various) or (period* n4 varying) or (period* n4 week*) or (period* n4 month*) or (period* n4 year*) )
S94 TI ( ( quasi‐experiment* or quasiexperiment* or quasi‐random* or quasirandom* or quasi control* or quasicontrol* or quasi* W3 method* or quasi* W3 study or quasi* W3 studies or quasi* W3 trial or quasi* W3 design* or experimental W3 method* or experimental W3 study or experimental W3 studies or experimental W3 trial or experimental W3 design* ) ) or AB ( ( quasi‐experiment* or quasiexperiment* or quasi‐random* or quasirandom* or quasi control* or quasicontrol* or quasi* W3 method* or quasi* W3 study or quasi* W3 studies or quasi* W3 trial or quasi* W3 design* or experimental W3 method* or experimental W3 study or experimental W3 studies or experimental W3 trial or experimental W3 design* ) )
S93 TI pre w7 post or AB pre w7 post
S92 MH "Multiple Time Series" or MH "Time Series"
S91 TI ( (comparative N2 study) or (comparative N2 studies) or evaluation study or evaluation studies ) or AB ( (comparative N2 study) or (comparative N2 studies) or evaluation study or evaluation studies )
S90 MH Experimental Studies or Community Trials or Community Trials or Pretest‐Posttest Design + or Quasi‐Experimental Studies + Pilot Studies or Policy Studies + Multicenter Studies
S89 TI ( pre‐test* or pretest* or posttest* or post‐test* ) or AB ( pre‐test* or pretest* or posttest* or "post test* ) OR TI ( preimplement*" or pre‐implement* ) or AB ( pre‐implement* or preimplement* )
S88 TI ( intervention* or multiintervention* or multi‐intervention* or postintervention* or post‐intervention* or preintervention* or pre‐intervention* ) or AB ( intervention* or multiintervention* or multi‐intervention* or postintervention* or post‐intervention* or preintervention* or pre‐intervention* )
S87 (MH "Quasi‐Experimental Studies")
S86 S80 or S81 or S82 or S83 or S84 or S85
S85 TI ( "control* N1 clinical" or "control* N1 group*" or "control* N1 trial*" or "control* N1 study" or "control* N1 studies" or "control* N1 design*" or "control* N1 method*" ) or AB ( "control* N1 clinical" or "control* N1 group*" or "control* N1 trial*" or "control* N1 study" or "control* N1 studies" or "control* N1 design*" or "control* N1 method*" )
S84 TI controlled or AB controlled
S83 TI random* or AB random*
S82 TI ( "clinical study" or "clinical studies" ) or AB ( "clinical study" or "clinical studies" )
S81 (MM "Clinical Trials+")
S80 TI ( (multicent* n2 design*) or (multicent* n2 study) or (multicent* n2 studies) or (multicent* n2 trial*) ) or AB ( (multicent* n2 design*) or (multicent* n2 study) or (multicent* n2 studies) or (multicent* n2 trial*) )
S79 S69 or S70 or S73 or S74 or S75 or S76 or S77 or S78
S78 (MM "Safety")
S77 TI incorrect procedure or AB incorrect procedure
S76 TI ( (patient N2 harm) or (patient N2 threat) ) or AB ( (patient N2 harm) or (patient N2 threat) )
S75 TI ( (unintention* N2 harm) or (unintend* N2 harm) or (unintention* N2 event) or (unintend* N2 event) ) or AB ( (unintention* N2 harm) or (unintend* N2 harm) or (unintention* N2 event) or (unintend* N2 event) )
S74 TI ( (clinical error or medical error or surgical error) ) or AB ( (clinical error or medical error or surgical error) )
S73 S71 and S72
S72 TI patient or MW patient
S71 (MH "Safety")
S70 TI (error N2 reduc*) or (error N2 prevent*) or (error N2 improv*) or (error N2 lower*)
S69 (MH "Health Care Errors")
S68 S65 or S66 or S67
S67 AB (safety N4 checklist) or (procedur* N4 checklist) or (preoperat* N4 checklist) or (identity N4 checklist) or (identification N4 checklist) or (verification N4 checklist) or (confirmation N4 checklist)
S66 TI checklist
S65 (MH "Checklists")
S64 S59 or S60 or S61 or S62 or S63
S63 TI (team* N2 communicat*) or AB (team* N2 communicat*)
S62 (MH "Interprofessional Relations")
S61 (MH "Nurse‐Physician Relations")
S60 (MH "Communication Barriers")
S59 (MM "Communication")
S58 S42 or S43 or S44 or S45 or S46 or S47 or S48 or S49 or S50 or S51 or S52 or S53 or S54 or S55 or S56 or S57
S57 TI non‐technical skill or AB non‐technical skill
S56 TI ( (team brief* or team meeting) ) or AB ( (team brief* or team meeting) )
S55 TI ( (aviation or crew resource management or teamstepps) ) or AB ( (aviation or crew resource management or teamstepps) )
S54 TI wristband or AB wristband
S53 (MH "Radio Frequency Identification")
S52 (MH "Patient Identification")
S51 TI ( (patient N2 identification) or (patient N2 misidentif*) or (patient N2 identity) or (patient N2 verification) or (patient N2 verif*) ) or AB ( (patient N2 identification) or (patient N2 misidentif*) or (patient N2 identity) or (patient N2 verification) or (patient N2 verif*) )
S50 TI ( (incorrect N3 patient) or (error N3 patient) or (wrong* N3 patient) ) or AB ( (incorrect N3 patient) or (error N3 patient) or (wrong* N3 patient) )
S49 TI ( (site N2 check*) or (site N2 error) or (site N2 marker) or (site N2 mix‐up) or (site N2 confusion) or (site N2 verif*) ) or AB ( (site N2 check*) or (site N2 error) or (site N2 marker) or (site N2 mix‐up) or (site N2 confusion) or (site N2 verif*) )
S48 TI situational awareness or AB situational awareness
S47 TI ( (near miss or near misses or never event) ) or AB ( (near miss or near misses or never event) )
S46 TI (pause or pausing)
S45 TI call‐out or AB call‐out
S44 TI time‐out or AB time‐out
S43 TI skin marking or AB skin marking
S42 TI (wrong N4 surgery) or AB (wrong N4 surgery)
S41 S36 or S37 or S38 or S39 or S40
S40 TI (preoperative or intraoperative or perioperative)
S39 (MH "Intraoperative Care")
S38 (MH "Perioperative Care")
S37 (MH "Perioperative Nursing")
S36 (MH "Preoperative Care")
S35 S33 or S34
S34 TI (operating N2 room) or (operating N2 theatre) or (operating N2 theater)
S33 (MH "Operating Rooms")
S32 S28 or S29 or S30 or S31
S31 TI surgical
S30 TI (surger* or operative procedure)
S29 (MH "Surgery, Operative+")
S28 (MH "Specialties, Surgical+")
S27 S1 or S2 or S3 or S4 or S5 or S6 or S7 or S8 or S9 or S10 or S11 or S12 or S13 or S14 or S15 or S16 or S17 or S18 or S19 or S20 or S21 or S22 or S23 or S24 or S25 or S26
S26 TI ( (aviation and surg*) ) or AB (aviation N4 surg*)
S25 TI (surg* N2 error) or AB (surg* N2 error)
S24 TI (operating room N2 error) or AB (operating room N2 error)
S23 TI ( (operating room N2 "time‐out?") or (surg* N2 "time‐out?") ) or AB ( (operating room N2 "time‐out?") or (surg* N2 "time‐out?") )
S22 TI patient marking or AB patient marking
S21 TI ( (preoperativ* N4 marking) or (pre‐operative N4 marking) ) or AB ( (preoperativ* N4 marking) or (pre‐operative N4 marking) )
S20 TI ( (body N3 marking) or (surgical N3 marking) or (pre‐surg* N3 marking) or (anatomic N3 marking) or (site N3 marking) ) or AB ( (body N3 marking) or (surgical N3 marking) or (pre‐surg* N3 marking) or (anatomic N3 marking) or (site N3 marking) )
S19 TI ( (wrong N4 surgical procedur*) or (wrong N4 operative procedure) ) or AB ( (wrong N4 surgical procedur*) or (wrong N4 operative procedure) )
S18 TI ( (surg* N2 checklist) or (surg* N2 check‐list) ) or AB ( (surg* N2 checklist) or (surg* N2 check‐list) )
S17 TI ( (surg* N4 never event) or (operating room N4 never event) or (operating theatre N4 never event) or (operating theater N4 never event) or (surg* N4 near miss ) or (operating room N4 near miss ) or (operating theatre N4 near miss ) or (operating theater N4 near miss ) or (surg* N4 near misses) or (operating room N4 near misses) or (operating theatre N4 near misses) or (operating theater N4 near misses) ) or AB ( (surg* N4 never event) or (operating room N4 never event) or (operating theatre N4 never event) or (operating theater N4 never event) or (surg* N4 near miss ) or (operating room N4 near miss ) or (operating theatre N4 near miss ) or (operating theater N4 near miss ) or (surg* N4 near misses) or (operating room N4 near misses) or (operating theatre N4 near misses) or (operating theater N4 near misses) )
S16 TI ( (operating room N4 checklist) or (operating theat* N4 checklist) ) or AB ( (operating room N4 checklist) or (operating theat* N4 checklist) )
S15 TI ( (surgical procedure N3 verification) or (surgical procedure N3 verify*) or (surgical procedure N3 wrong*) or (surgical procedure N3 confirm*) ) or AB ( (surgical procedure N3 verification) or (surgical procedure N3 verify*) or (surgical procedure N3 wrong*) or (surgical procedure N3 confirm*) )
S14 TI incorrect surgical site or AB incorrect surgical site
S13 TI ( (surgical site N3 verification) or (surgical site N3 verify*) or (surgical site N3 confirm*) or (surgical site N3 awareness) ) or AB ( (surgical site N3 verification) or (surgical site N3 verify*) or (surgical site N3 confirm*) or (surgical site N3 awareness) )
S12 TI ( (operating room N3 briefing) or (operating theat* N3 briefing) or (operating room N3 communicat*) or (operating theat* N3 communicat*) or (operating room N3 verif*) or (operating theat* N3 verif*) or (operating room N3 patient confirmation) or (operating theat* N3 patient confirmation) or (operating room N3 confirm* patient) or (operating theat* N3 confirm* patient) or (operating room N3 check identity) or (operating theat* N3 check identity) or (operating room N3 confirm identity) or (operating theat* N3 confirm identity) or (operating room N3 verif* identity) or (operating theat* N3 verif* identity) ) or AB ( (operating room N3 briefing) or (operating theat* N3 briefing) or (operating room N3 communicat*) or (operating theat* N3 communicat*) or (operating room N3 verif*) or (operating theat* N3 verif*) or (operating room N3 patient confirmation) or (operating theat* N3 patient confirmation) or (operating room N3 confirm* patient) or (operating theat* N3 confirm* patient) or (operating room N3 check identity) or (operating theat* N3 check identity) or (operating room N3 confirm identity) or (operating theat* N3 confirm identity) or (operating room N3 verif* identity) or (operating theat* N3 verif* identity) )
S11 TI ( (pre‐surg* N3 verif*) or (preoperativ* N3 verif*) or (pre‐operativ* N3 verif*) or (preprocedur* N3 verif*) or (pre‐surg* N3 patient confirmation ) or (preoperativ* N3 patient confirmation ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 patient confirmation ) or (preprocedur* N3 patient confirmation ) or (pre‐surg* N3 confirm* patient ) or (preoperativ* N3 confirm* patient ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 confirm* patient ) or (preprocedur* N3 confirm* patient ) or (pre‐surg* N3 check identity ) or (preoperativ* N3 check identity ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 check identity ) or (preprocedur* N3 check identity ) or (pre‐surg* N3 confirm identity ) or (preoperativ* N3 confirm identity ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 confirm identity ) or (preprocedur* N3 confirm identity ) or (pre‐surg* N3 verif* identity ) or (preoperativ* N3 verif* identity ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 verif* identity ) or (preprocedur* N3 verif* identity ) or (pre‐surg* N3 patient N2 check*) or (preoperativ* N3 patient N2 check*) or (pre‐operativ* N3 patient N2 check*) or (preprocedur* N3 patient N2 check*) or (pre‐surg* N3 patient N2 identity ) or (preoperativ* N3 patient N2 identity ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 patient N2 identity ) or (preprocedur* N3 patient N2 identity ) or (pre‐surg* N3 patient N2 verif*) or (preoperativ* N3 patient N2 verif*) or (pre‐operativ* N3 patient N2 verif*) or (preprocedur* N3 patient N2 verif*) ) or AB ( (pre‐surg* N3 verif*) or (preoperativ* N3 verif*) or (pre‐operativ* N3 verif*) or (preprocedur* N3 verif*) or (pre‐surg* N3 patient confirmation ) or (preoperativ* N3 patient confirmation ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 patient confirmation ) or (preprocedur* N3 patient confirmation ) or (pre‐surg* N3 confirm* patient ) or (preoperativ* N3 confirm* patient ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 confirm* patient ) or (preprocedur* N3 confirm* patient ) or (pre‐surg* N3 check identity ) or (preoperativ* N3 check identity ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 check identity ) or (preprocedur* N3 check identity ) or (pre‐surg* N3 confirm identity ) or (preoperativ* N3 confirm identity ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 confirm identity ) or (preprocedur* N3 confirm identity ) or (pre‐surg* N3 verif* identity ) or (preoperativ* N3 verif* identity ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 verif* identity ) or (preprocedur* N3 verif* identity ) or (pre‐surg* N3 patient N2 check*) or (preoperativ* N3 patient N2 check*) or (pre‐operativ* N3 patient N2 check*) or (preprocedur* N3 patient N2 check*) or (pre‐surg* N3 patient N2 identity ) or (preoperativ* N3 patient N2 identity ) or (pre‐operativ* N3 patient N2 identity ) or (preprocedur* N3 patient N2 identity ) or (pre‐surg* N3 patient N2 verif*) or (preoperativ* N3 patient N2 verif*) or (pre‐operativ* N3 patient N2 verif*) or (preprocedur* N3 patient N2 verif*) )
S10 TI ( (operating room N3 meeting) or (postoperative N3 meeting) or (post‐operative N3 meeting) or (pre‐surg* N3 meeting) or (preoperative* N3 meeting) or (pre‐operativ* N3 meeting) or (preprocedur* N3 meeting) or (operating room N3 briefing) or (postoperative N3 briefing) or (post‐operative N3 briefing) or (pre‐surg* N3 briefing) or (preoperative* N3 briefing) or (pre‐operativ* N3 briefing) or (preprocedur* N3 briefing) or (operating room N3 pause) or (postoperative N3 pause) or (post‐operative N3 pause) or (pre‐surg* N3 pause) or (preoperative* N3 pause) or (pre‐operativ* N3 pause) or (preprocedur* N3 pause) ) or AB ( (operating room N3 meeting) or (postoperative N3 meeting) or (post‐operative N3 meeting) or (pre‐surg* N3 meeting) or (preoperative* N3 meeting) or (pre‐operativ* N3 meeting) or (preprocedur* N3 meeting) or (operating room N3 briefing) or (postoperative N3 briefing) or (post‐operative N3 briefing) or (pre‐surg* N3 briefing) or (preoperative* N3 briefing) or (pre‐operativ* N3 briefing) or (preprocedur* N3 briefing) or (operating room N3 pause) or (postoperative N3 pause) or (post‐operative N3 pause) or (pre‐surg* N3 pause) or (preoperative* N3 pause) or (pre‐operativ* N3 pause) or (preprocedur* N3 pause) )
S9 TI ( (surgical N3 debrief*) or (surgery N3 debrief*) or (operating room N3 debrief*) or (operating theater N3 debrief*) or (operating theatre N3 debrief*) ) or AB ( (surgical N3 debrief*) or (surgery N3 debrief*) or (operating room N3 debrief*) or (operating theater N3 debrief*) or (operating theatre N3 debrief*) )
S8 TI surg* pause or AB surg* pause
S7 TI ( (side N2 check*) or (side N2 marking) or (side N2 maker) or (side N2 information) or (side N2 mix‐up) or (side N2 confusion) ) or AB ( (side N2 check*) or (side N2 marking) or (side N2 maker) or (side N2 information) or (side N2 mix‐up) or (side N2 confusion) )
S6 TI universal protocol or AB universal protocol
S5 TI ( (wrong operating room or wrong operating theat* or incorrect operating room or incorrect operating theat*) ) or AB ( (wrong operating room or wrong operating theat* or incorrect operating room or incorrect operating theat*) )
S4 TI ( (wrong site or wrong person or wrong procedure or wrong patient or wrong surgical site) ) or AB ( (wrong site or wrong person or wrong procedure or wrong patient or wrong surgical site) )
S3 TI ( (wrong side or wrong digit or wrong hip or wrong location or wrong arm or wrong leg or wrong knee or wrong ear or wrong eye or wrong finger or wrong joint or wrong elbow or wrong foot or wrong wrist or wrong disk or wrong disc or wrong level or wrong organ or (wrong N3 amputation)) ) or AB ( (wrong side or wrong digit or wrong hip or wrong location or wrong arm or wrong leg or wrong knee or wrong ear or wrong eye or wrong finger or wrong joint or wrong elbow or wrong foot or wrong wrist or wrong disk or wrong disc or wrong level or wrong organ or (wrong N3 amputation)) )
S2 TI ( (wrong and surgery) ) or AB wrong surg*
S1 TI wrong site surger* or wrong site surger*