Surgical site verification: A through Z.

Debra Dunn

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Surgical site verification: A through Z.

December 22, 2010

Dunn D. J Perianesth Nurs. 2006;21(5):317-28; quiz 329-31.

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The author explains the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' Universal Protocol on surgical site verification in the context of its implementation in a New Jersey hospital.

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