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Article: New surgical innovation study findings have been published by A.E. Goldberg and colleagues.
- Article from:
- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- November 15, 2009
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"In the fall of 2005, the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada, initiated a policy requiring the surgeon-or his or her delegate-to sign the incision site for all operations. Little is known about what health care providers and patients think about official surgical site marking policy," investigators in Toronto, Canada report (see also Surgical Innovation).
"Twenty-one patients and health care providers were interviewed, and the authors conducted field observations of surgeons while they marked their patients. The data were analyzed using grounded theory methods. Surgical site marking was perceived to be a safety precaution for operations involving ...