Reducing the Risks of Wrong-Site Surgery - AHA
There were 463 incidents of wrong-patient, wrong-site, wrong-side and wrong-procedure surgeries voluntarily reported to The Joint Commission’s sentinel event database from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2013. The national incidence rate —not only in operating rooms but in many other settings in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, such as radiology and cardiology departments ...
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