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Patient safety: the synergy of technology and behavior.
Yarbrough C, Rypkema S. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare. January-February 2008;5:32-35.

This article describes how one Veterans Affairs hospital employed teamwork, checklists, and technology and successfully reduced hospital-acquired infections.
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