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Archive > December, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 12

Thinking of Buying...Wrong-site Surgery Prevention Products

Here's a collection of safety aids to help you mark the correct site.

Peter Angood

In theory, one of the most serious surgical errors should be the easiest one to prevent. In practice, though, the variables that can risk a patient's safety always exist in the OR. While the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol to prevent wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery includes just three simple steps, those steps are all about human beings and human behavior.

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