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Use of "safe-surgery checklist" could reduce medical mistakes
Posted on Feb 04, 2010My colleague wrote a blog about the patient benefits of hospitals using a "safe-surgery checklist" on virginiabeach.injuryboard.com. The blog provides information on the startling number of surgical items left in patients each year as well as information on how surgeons can reduce or eliminate this problem through the use of a simple checklist.