Experience of wrong site surgery and surgical marking practices among clinicians in the UK.

Sally J. Giles; Penny Rhodes; Gill Clements; Gary A. Cook; Ruth Hayton; Melanie J. Maxwell; Trevor Sheldon; John Wright

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Experience of wrong site surgery and surgical marking practices among clinicians in the UK.

November 15, 2006

Giles SJ, Rhodes P, Clements G, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(5):363-8.

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The investigators analyzed incidents of wrong-site surgery and surgical marking practices in the United Kingdom prior to the announcement of national guidelines.

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