AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Using improvement science methods to increase accuracy of surgical consents.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network



Using improvement science methods to increase accuracy of surgical consents.

Mercurio P, Shaffer Ellis A, Schoettker PJ, Stone R, Lenk MA, Ryckman FC. AORN J. 2014;100:42-53.

By employing improvement science methods, a quality improvement initiative virtually eliminated surgical consent errors at a pediatric academic medical center.

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