Incorrect Surgical Procedures Within and Outside of the Operating Room
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Incorrect surgical procedures within and outside of the operating room.
OBJECTIVE To describe incorrect surgical procedures reported from Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Medical Centers from 2001 to mid-2006 and provide proposed solutions for preventing such events. DESIGN Descriptive study. SETTING Veterans Health Administration Medical Centers. PARTICIPANTS Veterans of the US Armed Forces. INTERVENTIONS The VHA instituted an initial directive, "Ensur...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.171