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Novel use of electronic whiteboard in the operating room increases surgical team compliance with pre-incision safety practices.
Mainthia R, Lockney T, Zotov A, et al. Surgery. 2012;151:660-666.

A tertiary care hospital successfully improved adherence to a surgical safety checklist by implementing an electronic whiteboard in the operating room (OR) that tracked completion of checklist items and was visible to all OR personnel.
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