title: Placing patient safety first.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Suzanne C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Beyea
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010355:Patient Identification Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013597:Systems Analysis