Interventions for reducing wrong-site surgery and invasive procedures.

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Published in Cochrane Database Syst Rev on September 12, 2012

Authors

Patrick Mahar1, Jason Wasiak, Lachlan Batty, Steven Fowler, Heather Cleland, Russell L Gruen

Author Affiliations

1: School ofMedicine, Deakin University,Melbourne, Australia.

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