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Eliminating Wrong-Site Surgery

  • Joint Commission Universal Protocol
    For Eliminating Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery
  • Joint Commission Guidelines
    For Implementation of the Universal Protocol for Prevention of Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery
  • AAOS Advisory Statement on Wrong-Site Surgery
  • New Patient Safety Program Moves Forward
  • Surgical Site MarkingComes of Age
  • Sign Your Site Audio/Visual Presentation.

AAOS and the Patient Safety Committee invite you to view this 13-slide presentation detailing the protocol to eliminate wrong-site surgery

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