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Implementing the World Health Organization surgical safety checklist: a model for future perioperative initiatives.
Styer KA, Ashley SW, Schmidt S, Zive EM, Eappen S. AORN J. 2011;94:590-598.

This commentary describes how one hospital implemented the WHO surgical safety checklist in a 2-week plan-do-study-act trial and identified areas for improvement.
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