Is team-based perception of safety in the operating room associated with self-reported wrong-site surgery? An exploratory cross-sectional survey among physicians.

In this sample, safety in the OR is most often seen as team based rather than individualistic. Perceiving safety in the OR as team based varies according to recent or past participation in wrong-site surgery. Longitudinal research is needed to assess causality between participation in wrong-site surgery and change in perception of safety.