Patients count on it: an initiative to reduce incorrect counts and prevent retained surgical items.

Elizabeth K. Norton; Cornelia Martin; Anne J. Micheli

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Patients count on it: an initiative to reduce incorrect counts and prevent retained surgical items.

January 18, 2012

Norton EK, Martin C, Micheli AJ. AORN J. 2011;95(1).

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Describing an initiative to reduce count discrepancies in the operating room, this commentary found that it had sustainable positive impact.

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