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FACT SHEET/FAQS

Tips for Safer Surgery.

Surgical Care Improvement Project.

BOOK/REPORT

Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance.

Gawande A. New York, NY: Metropolitan Books; 2007. ISBN: 0805082115.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Ensuring Correct Surgery.

Ann Arbor, MI: VA National Center for Patient Safety; 2006.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Hydraulic Fluid Facts.

Duke University Health System.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Family of woman who died after a medical error joins hospital's safety panel.

Shelton DL. Chicago Tribune. October 7, 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Don't let a hospital make you sick.

Mishori R. Parade Magazine. February 8, 2009.

COMMENTARY

Sleep deprivation, elective surgical procedures, and informed consent.

Nurok M, Czeisler CA, Lehmann LS. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:2577-2579.

STUDY

Parents' perceptions of pediatric day surgery risks: unforeseeable complications, or avoidable mistakes?

Sobo EJ. Soc Sci Med. 2005;60:2341-2350.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Having Surgery? What You Need to Know.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005. AHRQ Publication No. 05(06)-0074.

COMMENTARY

Surgical site verification: A through Z.

Dunn D. J Perianesth Nurs. 2006;21:317-328.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES classic

Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery.

The Joint Commission.

MEASUREMENT TOOL/INDICATOR

Patient Engagement and Surgical Safety—Tool Development Survey.

World Alliance for Patient Safety, World Health Organization.

COMMENTARY

The impact of professionalism on safe surgical care.

Whittemore AD. J Vasc Surg. 2007;45:415-419.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospital tells of surgery on wrong side.

Smith S. Boston Globe. July 4, 2008;Metro section:1A.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safety in ASCs: putting patients first.

Dix K. Today's Surgicenter. December 1, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When doctors say, "We're sorry."

Eisenberg D. Time Magazine. August 15, 2005;166:50.

STUDY

Diagramming patients' views of root causes of adverse drug events in ambulatory care: an online tool for planning education and research.

Brown M, Frost R, Ko Y, Woosley R. Patient Educ Couns. 2006;62:302-315.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctors say patients who lie may put their health at risk.

Johnson CK. USA Today. January 19, 2007.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Do no harm: promoting patient safety.

Ellis K. Surgicenteronline.com [serial online]. May 1, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical misdiagnoses can have fatal consequences.

Olsen D. State Journal-Register. June 26, 2011.

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