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of circumstances that occurred, so we'll do a root cause analysis and might have to go back and amend the protocol," says Dr. Berguer. This reminds him of a consulting surgeon who came to the OR to assist with a complex case. Although the house surgeon fully under- stood the nature of the surgery, the consulting surgeon had prepared for a different operation on a different patient. The facility has since adopted a 3-step process designed to avoid such near misses: • a sign in to confirm patient, procedure and consent, among other things, prior to induction; • a time out just before incision; and • a sign out after the incision has been closed to confirm patient name and procedure, instrument count, and review of anticipated recovery issues and equipment problems. OSM M A R C H 2 0 1 7 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 1 0 3

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