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Tips for Safer Surgery.

May 4, 2015

Surgical Care Improvement Project. Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality; 2006.

This tip sheet provides a list of questions consumers should ask clinicians to help improve the safety of their surgical care.

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