I recently had shoulder surgery.

One of the first steps the day of was the surgeon coming in, talking to me, and initialing the shoulder he was to operate on.

Every new person I met along the way asked me what shoulder it was, and then wanted to see the initials before continuing.

I had surgery to have a tumor removed from my back earlier this year and right before the surgeon drew arrows on my back and then initialed it. "No one goes into the operating room without my initials" Made me feel more confident.