Perioperative patient safety: correct patient, correct surgery, correct side--a multifaceted, cross-organizational, interventional study.

Edna Zohar; Yossi Noga; Ehud Davidson; Margalit Kantor; Brian Fredman

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Perioperative patient safety: correct patient, correct surgery, correct side--a multifaceted, cross-organizational, interventional study.

August 8, 2007

Zohar E, Noga Y, Davidson E, et al. Anesth Analg. 2007;105(2):443-7.

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In this study, a formal checklist was implemented to ensure appropriate patient preparation for surgery, which resulted in a significant reduction in major errors over a 2-year period.

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