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Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

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Archive > January, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 1

Thinking of Buying...Wrong-Site Surgery Prevention Aids

Working site markers, stickers and time out reminders into your routine.

Michael Pasquale, MD, FACS

The fact that such never events as wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgeries continue to occur points to failures to comply with the safety protocol developed to avert them. It also explains the proliferation of surgical site markers, stickers and time-out reminders designed to help us eliminate errors. Here's a look at how these devices work and a quick product roundup.

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