Critical Behaviors for Perioperative Improvement Teams

Effectively leading perioperative safety and quality improvement requires a multidisciplinary team approach. However, leaders are often left without clear guidance on how to assemble and manage teams in these settings. We employ a Delphi process to prioritize specific behavioral strategies surgical safety and quality leaders can use to improve their chances of success implementing improvement efforts. We present the panel’s consensus practical guidance on designing, managing, sustaining, training their teams as well as managing team boundaries and the organizational context.