Priority patient safety issues identified by perioperative nurses.

Victoria M. Steelman; Paula R. Graling; Yelena Perkhounkova

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Priority patient safety issues identified by perioperative nurses.

May 8, 2013

Steelman VM, Graling PR, Perkhounkova Y. AORN J. 2013;97(4):402-18.

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Perioperative nurses identified wrong-site surgery and medication errors as the most pressing patient safety concerns in their area of practice.

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