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Wrong site surgery near misses and actual occurrences.
Blanco M, Clarke JR, Martindell D. AORN J. 2009;90:215-222.

This analysis of wrong-site surgery cases and near misses reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority found that many cases involved failure to follow The Joint Commission's Universal Protocol for preventing such errors.
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