Incorrect surgical counts: A qualitative analysis

AORN Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 410-419

  Rowlands, Aletha ^a   Steeves, Richard ^b  

^a Martha Jefferson Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Code of conduct; Incorrect surgical counts; Patient safety; Red rules; Retained foreign bodies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSING STAFF; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING;

EID: 77957267076     PISSN: 00012092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aorn.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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