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. 2015 Jul-Sep;61(3):214-5.
doi: 10.4103/0022-3859.159434.

Surgical safety checklist: Productive, nondisruptive, and the "right thing to do"

E A Smith, I Akusoba, D M Sabol, S P Stawicki  1 , M A Granson, E C Ellison, S D Moffatt-Bruce
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Surgical safety checklist: Productive, nondisruptive, and the "right thing to do"

E A Smith et al. J Postgrad Med. 2015 Jul-Sep.
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