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Methodology and bias in assessing compliance with a surgical safety checklist.
Poon SJ, Zuckerman SL, Mainthia R, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:77-82.

This secret-shopper style observational study found low compliance rates with some elements of the surgical safety time out.
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