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The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals is to implement measureable goals to improve patient safety. The goals cover four areas:
• Identify patients correctly
• Use medicines safely
• Prevent infection
• Prevent mistakes in surgery
Although the four categories hold the same, each set of goals differs slightly from ambulatory to office-based settings.
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