Outcome of 6 years of protocol use for preventing wrong site office surgery

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 807-810

  Starling III, John ^a   Coldiron, Brett M ^a,b  

^a Skin Cancer Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse event reporting; patient safety; wrong site surgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER;

EID: 80052788228     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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