Patient participation in surgical site marking: Can this be an additional tool to help avoid wrong-site surgery?

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 221-225

  Bergal, Linda M ^a   Schwarzkopf, Ran ^a   Walsh, Michael ^a   Tejwani, Nirmal C ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

patient participation; surgical site marking; Wrong site surgery

Indexed keywords

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ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHECKLIST; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INK; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650418255     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181fd19ec     Document Type: Article

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