TY - JOUR AU - Zhu, Xiaolian AU - Yuan, Lan AU - Li, Tianyi AU - Cheng, Ping PY - 2019 DA - 2019/03/19 TI - Errors in packaging surgical instruments based on a surgical instrument tracking system: an observational study JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 176 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Surgical instrument processing is important for improving the safety of surgical care in hospitals. However, it has been rarely studied to date. Errors in surgical instrument processing may increase operative times and costs, and increase the risk of surgical infections and perioperative morbidity. We aimed to investigate the errors occurred in packaging surgical instruments. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4007-3 DO - 10.1186/s12913-019-4007-3 ID - Zhu2019 ER -