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Does the "Sign Your Site" protocol prevent wrong-site surgery in patients undergoing surgical procedures?
Does the "Sign Your Site" protocol prevent wrong-site surgery in patients undergoing surgical procedures?
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The "Sign Your Site" protocol is recommended as standard policy to eliminate the easily preventable complication of wrong-site surgery.
All surgical procedures have a risk of complications, many of which cannot be avoided completely regardless of the experience and expertise of the surgeon, the surgical team, or the hospital staff. Wrong-site surgery is a relatively uncommon complication that is easily preventable. The "Sign Your Site" protocol is a simple, straightforward program that requires only a minimal amount of time to eliminate the risk of wrong-site surgery, and it should be standard policy in healthcare institutions.
S. Terry Canale (2005) studied this question.
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