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Preventing surgical errors.
Frenzel JC, Kelly T. HHN Magazine Online. January 6, 2009.

For 2009, the Joint Commission has modified the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery. This article describes some of the new requirements, including changes to preoperative time-out and informed consent procedures.
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