Improved operating room teamwork via SAFETY prep: a rural community hospital's experience.

John T. Paige; Deborah L. Aaron; Tong Yang; Shannon Howell; Sheila W. Chauvin

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Improved operating room teamwork via SAFETY prep: a rural community hospital's experience.

May 6, 2009

Paige JT, Aaron DL, Yang T, et al. World J Surg. 2009;33(6):1181-7.

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