<p>Despite years of emphasis on using the Universal Protocol and site marking, wrong-site errors occur in about one in 100,000 surgeries, according to a recent study in the journal <em>Surgery.</em></p>
Communication issues lead to wrong-site errors
October 1, 2015 less than 1 minute read
Despite years of emphasis on using the Universal Protocol and site marking, wrong-site errors occur in about one in 100,000 surgeries, according to a recent study in the journal Surgery.
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