Preventable errors in the operating room--part 2: retained foreign objects, sharps injuries, and wrong site surgery.

Forcht Dagi; Ramon Berguer; Stephen Moore; David Reines

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Preventable errors in the operating room--part 2: retained foreign objects, sharps injuries, and wrong site surgery.

August 1, 2007

Dagi F, Berguer R, Moore S, et al. Curr Probl Surg. 2007;44(6):352-81.

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Building on part one of this two-part series, the authors discuss wrong-site surgeries and needle stick injuries.

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