Special Focus Issue: Patient Safety.

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Special Focus Issue: Patient Safety.

October 15, 2014

Wagner VD, ed. AORN J. 2014;100:351-456.

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Articles in this special issue explore strategies to establish a culture of safety in health care settings, including coaching to improve team briefing and debriefing discussions, a guideline to confirm safe perioperative on-call staffing, and the value of workforce safety to promote high reliability.

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