Quality, patient safety, and the cardiac surgical team.

Elizabeth A. Martinez

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Quality, patient safety, and the cardiac surgical team.

June 19, 2013

Martinez EA. Anesthesiol Clin. 2013;31(2):249-268.

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This review discusses the importance of improving health care quality and safety and details several efforts to augment safety in cardiac surgery.

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