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Manager's Guide to Staff & Patient Safety - October 2016

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O C T O B E R 2 0 1 6 O U T P A T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T 2 7 MULTIPLE STRUC- TURES Individually mark all fingers, toes or lesions requiring surgery. Toes and fin- gers must be marked with specification of the digit(s). Here, the big toe and first toe are marked for surgery above the surgeon's initials. DOES 'X' MARK THE SPOT? Do not mark non-pro- cedure sides or sites. The use of an "X" as the surgical mark could indi- cate the surgical site, but could also easily be misinterpreted as a warning indicating the non-operative site. KPHQ"XKUEQVEQOr www.viscot.com ChloraPrep® is a registered trademark of CareFusion XL Prep Resistant Ink XL Prep tProven to resist all preps - including ChloraPrep® tGold Standard for correct site marking! t.FFUT+PJOU$PNNJTTJPOT .BSLJOH6OJWFSTBM1SPUPDPM tTrial oer at bit.ly/mini-xl Highly visible after prep ...including ChloraPrep®

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