Experience of wrong site surgery and surgical marking practices among clinicians in the UK.

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Published in Qual Saf Health Care on October 01, 2006

Authors

Sally J Giles1, Penny Rhodes, Gill Clements, Gary A Cook, Ruth Hayton, Melanie J Maxwell, Trevor A Sheldon, John Wright

Author Affiliations

1: University of Liverpool, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, UK. sjgiles@liverpool.ac.uk

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