Committee opinion no. 464: Patient safety in the surgical environment

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 786-790

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ACCREDITATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FATIGUE; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; NOMENCLATURE; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; SEDATION; STRESS; SURGEON; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; STANDARD; TEACHING;

FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICENTERS; TEACHING;

EID: 77957264473     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181f69b22     Document Type: Review

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