Can the surgical checklist reduce the risk of wrong site surgery in orthopaedics? - can the checklist help? Supporting evidence from analysis of a national patient incident reporting system
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Surgical procedures are now very common, with estimates ranging from 4% of the general population having an operation per annum in economically-developing countries; this rising to 8% in economically-developed countries. Whilst these...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.josr-online.com/content/6/1/18 |