AORN Journal
Volume 89, Issue 4 , Pages 649-650 , April 2009

Focusing on the Mission

Reference 

  1. The Joint Commission  . National Patient Safety Goal compliance . http://www.jointcommissionreport.org/performanceresults/patientsafetygoal.aspx Accessed March 18, 2009.
  2. Unintended retention of a foreign object reviewed by year. In: Sentinel event statistics—updated through December 31, 2008. The Joint Commission . http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/Statistics Accessed March 18, 2009.

 Editor's note: This article is adapted from President Voight's speech at the AORN Congress Closing Session on March 19, 2009.

PII: S0001-2092(09)00192-6

doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2009.03.004

AORN Journal
Volume 89, Issue 4 , Pages 649-650 , April 2009

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