Preventable errors in the operating room: retained foreign bodies after surgery--Part I.
Gibbs
Verna C
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UCSF Department of Surgery, Attending Surgeon, SF Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Coakley
Fergus D
FD
Reines
H David
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D019985:Benchmarking; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management; D015503:Surgical Sponges