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Archive >  Patient Safety 2011

Time Out for Site Marking

Wrong-site surgery should never happen. This advice will ensure it doesn't.

Daniel Cook, Managing Editor

Each member of your surgical team is responsible for ensuring that the correct procedure is performed on the correct patient at the correct site. Here's some advice from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York for ensuring wrong-site procedures never happen on your watch.

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