title: Clip, don't nick.
abstract: TMA and others have joined the 10,000 Lives Campaign to reduce patient deaths and injuries in hospitals. Part of the effort is reducing the risk of infection by using clippers instead of razors to shave tients before surgery. TMA also has specific recommendations n including keeping track of medications, for improving out-comes Ior Texas patients.
authors.affiliation: ken.ortolon@texmed.org
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ortolon
mesh_terms: D006204:Hair Removal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013781:Texas