Implementing a pediatric surgical safety checklist in the OR and beyond.

Elizabeth K. Norton; Shawn J. Rangel

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Implementing a pediatric surgical safety checklist in the OR and beyond.

July 14, 2010

Norton EK, Rangel SJ. AORN J. 2010;92(1).

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This commentary describes how one hospital successfully adapted the WHO surgical safety checklist for use in a pediatric care setting.

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