Which are National Patient Safety Goals to help reduce sentinel events that occur due to medical errors? Select all that apply

A) Improve staff communication
B) Pause before surgery to check for errors
C) Use guidelines to prevent infection after surgery
D) Make improvements on the response to medical equipment alarms
E) Identify patients using their first and last names
F) All of the above

Answer: A, B, C, D

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