Wrong-Site Surgery A Preventable Medical Error

Chapter 36 Wrong-Site Surgery: A …

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Wrong-Site Surgery: A Preventable Medical Error - PubMed

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The reported number of WSS cases continues to increase as health care organizations become more transparent to medical error. Many health care organizations, drawing on …

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - StatPearls

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Prevent infection by hand-cleaning, post-op infection antibiotics, catheter changes, and central line precautions. Prevent …

Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, and Wrong-Patient Surgery

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Medical Error - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of medical care, whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. Among the problems …

Doctors Doing Wrong-Site Surgery: Why Is It Still …

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Wrong-site surgery ― surgery performed on the wrong patient, the wrong body part, or the wrong side of the body ― is a rare but distressing event and garners …

Wrong-site surgery: can we prevent it? - PubMed

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Wrong-site surgery happens frequently enough that it is a significant risk for many surgeons during their professional careers. But it is an event that should never happen. Most wrong …

Patient Safety in the Surgical Environment | ACOG

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Steps to prevent wrong-site, wrong-person, wrong-procedure errors, or retained foreign objects have been recommended, starting with structured communication between the …

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

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Prevent infection by hand-cleaning, post-op infection antibiotics, catheter changes, and central line precautions. Prevent mistakes in surgery by making sure the …

[Wrong site surgery : Incidence, risk factors and prevention]

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Check lists have the potential to reduce or prevent the occurrence of wrong site surgery. Conclusion: The awareness that to err is human and the individual willingness to …