Using improvement science methods to increase accuracy of surgical consents.

Patti Mercurio; Andrea Shaffer Ellis; Pamela J. Schoettker; Raymond Stone; Mary Anne Lenk; Frederick C. Ryckman

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Using improvement science methods to increase accuracy of surgical consents.

September 17, 2014

Mercurio P, Ellis AS, Schoettker PJ, et al. AORN J. 2014;100(1):42-53.

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By employing improvement science methods, a quality improvement initiative virtually eliminated surgical consent errors at a pediatric academic medical center.

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