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a time is called...

Posted By: rmt on 2006-05-05
In Reply to: TIme-out - mt

Subject: a time is called...

to make sure everything is in place, patient is positioned properly, anesthesized, etc, etc, etc. Most docs call a "time-out" prior to procedures.


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