Patient Safety Tool: 'Ensuring Correct Surgery' Poster From the Department of Veteran Affairs

The Department of Veteran Affairs National Center for Patient Safety has published a free, downloadable poster to help ensure correct surgery.

The poster — titled "Ensuring Correct Surgery in the Veterans Health Administration" — provides five steps providers should take during three times in the surgical process: 1) days to hours before surgery; 2) just before entering the OR; and 3) immediately prior to surgery,

Download the ensuring correct surgery poster (pdf) for adaptation and use in your facility. You can also download an ensuring correct surgery pamphlet from the VA for distribution to your patients.

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