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Patients count on it: an initiative to reduce incorrect counts and prevent retained surgical items.
Norton EK, Martin C, Micheli AJ. AORN J. 2012;1:109-121.

Describing an initiative to reduce count discrepancies in the operating room, this commentary found that it had sustainable positive impact.
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