Using performance improvement to enhance time-out compliance and prevent wrong-site surgery.

Margaret Emily Vance; Tamala Proctor; Kristen A Schmidt

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Using performance improvement to enhance time-out compliance and prevent wrong-site surgery.

August 11, 2021

Vance ME, Proctor T, Schmidt KA. AORN J. 2021;113(6):635-642.

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The perioperative setting is a high-risk environment. This continuing education model discusses safety threats and evidence-based best practices to deliver nursing care in perioperative settings and promote a culture of safety.

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