Determining the state of knowledge for implementing the Universal Protocol recommendations: an integrative review of the literature.

Julie A Conrardy; Beth Brenek; Sandra Myers

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Determining the state of knowledge for implementing the Universal Protocol recommendations: an integrative review of the literature.

August 18, 2010

Conrardy JA, Brenek B, Myers S. AORN J. 2010;92(2).

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This literature analysis identified elements that led to successful implementation of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol to prevent wrong-site surgeries.

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