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S I T E
M A R K I N G
our survey of more than 550 Outpatient Surgery Magazine readers.
A small sampling:
• smiley faces and bull's-eyes, colored stickers and checkmarks;
• lines and arrows pointing to the proposed incision, asterisks
and stars; and
• the surgeon's initials, the nurse's initials, the patient's initials (see
"Should Patients Participate in Site Marking?") or some combination thereof.
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