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Table 1 Cognitive engineering strategies for the prevention and management of errors in surgery. Adopted from [60]

From: The role of teamwork and non-technical skills for improving emergency surgical outcomes: an international perspective

✓ Cognitive aids for high-risk and low-frequency situations

✓ Surgical time-out

✓ Sterile cockpit paradigm

✓ Short breaks

✓ Team strengthening

✓ Task shedding

✓ Intelligent interruption system

✓ Safety system for device interoperability

✓ Workload-adaptive systems