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Archive > September, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 9

Safety

How to Create a Useful Safety Manual

Nancy Burden, MS, RN, CPAN, CAPA

Build your own safety manual? Sure, in all your spare time, right? It's not as difficult or as daunting as it might sound. Read on as I outline how to assemble a manual that will be easy for your OR team to read, understand and apply.

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