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01-02-2018 | Correspondence

A change to the surgical safety checklist to reduce patient identification errors

Author: Christopher L. Pysyk, MD, FRCPC

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 2/2018

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Title: A change to the surgical safety checklist to reduce patient identification errors
Author: Christopher L. Pysyk, MD, FRCPC
Publication date: 01-02-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-017-0997-7

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