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Quick Response codes for surgical safety: a prospective pilot study.

October 9, 2013

Dixon JL, Smythe WR, Momsen LS, et al. Journal of Surgical Research. 2013;184(1).

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Implementation of surgical safety checklists in real-world settings has proved to be challenging. In this study, Quick Response codes (mosaic-type barcodes) proved to be an accurate method for transmitting important patient information between providers during surgical time outs.

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