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Determining the state of knowledge for implementing the Universal Protocol recommendations: an integrative review of the literature.
Conrardy JA, Brenek B, Myers S. AORN J. 2010;92:194-207.

This literature analysis identified elements that led to successful implementation of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol to prevent wrong-site surgeries.
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