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Engineering the system of communication for safer surgery.
Healey AN, Nagpal K, Moorthy K, Vincent CA. Cogn Tech Work. 2011;13:1-10.

This commentary discusses the use of communication improvement tools as part of a larger systems strategy to prevent errors in surgery.
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