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221. Twenty Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children. | PSNet
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     December 24, 2008 - parents on how to help their children avoid medical errors pertaining to medicine, hospital stays, surgeries

222. Reused devices, surgery's deadly suspects. | PSNet
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     January 04, 2006 - exposed to a rare brain disease after contaminated surgical instruments were used during their brain surgeries

223. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39404/psn-pdf
     March 31, 2010 - incidence-and-root-cause-analysis-wrong-site-pain-management-procedures- multicenter-study Wrong-site surgeries

224. Avoiding medical error. | PSNet
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     July 06, 2022 - August 22, 2012 Awareness of patient safety grows with increased outpatient surgeries

225. For second opinion, consult a computer? | PSNet
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     June 03, 2020 - March 4, 2020 Six ways to lower errors—and unnecessary surgeries—in radiology exams.

226. Thinking in three's: changing surgical patient safety practices in the complex modern operating room. | PSNet
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     April 28, 2021 - This commentary explores strategies to prevent surgical fires, wrong-site surgeries , and retained surgical

227. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49726/psn-pdf
     March 01, 2015 - Universal Protocol was designed to engage institutions in implementing a standardized approach to surgeries … In fact, The Joint Commission sentinel event statistics database reported 1072 wrong-site surgeries … widely when examining the literature and accessible databases, ranging from 0.09 to 4.5 per 10,000 surgeries … Definitions and Examples of Wrong-Site Surgeries.(2) Type Definition Example Wrong Site All surgical

228. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39016/psn-pdf
     April 04, 2011 - variation-hospital-mortality-associated-inpatient-surgery Significant variation in mortality rates between hospitals after certain surgeries

229. Safety in Numbers: Hospital Performance on Leapfrog’s Surgical Volume Standard Based on Results of the 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-numbers-hospital-performance-leapfrogs-surgical-volume-standard-based-results-2019
     June 21, 2023 - deficient in fully adhering to the standards while implementing mechanisms to minimize unnecessary surgeries

230. Enhanced time out: an improved communication process. | PSNet
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     October 19, 2022 - The Universal Protocol requires hospitals to adopt time outs as a strategy to prevent wrong-site surgeries

231. Hospitals tackle high-risk drugs to reduce errors. | PSNet
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     October 07, 2015 - August 3, 2011 5 cataract surgeries, 5 people blinded: what went wrong? … August 5, 2009 MGH halts a pediatric program: Heart surgeries on hold after errors. … July 2, 2008 Fires during surgeries a bigger risk than thought.

232. Surgical mistakes persist in Bay State: still a tiny fraction of total procedures. | PSNet
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     September 10, 2014 - October 5, 2011 5 cataract surgeries, 5 people blinded: what went wrong? … August 9, 2017 MGH halts a pediatric program: Heart surgeries on hold after errors. … October 3, 2007 Fires during surgeries a bigger risk than thought.

233. Plan aims to cut hospital deaths. | PSNet
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     August 28, 2019 - July 10, 2019 Surgeons must tell patients of double-booked surgeries, new guidelines

234. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40963/psn-pdf
     November 30, 2011 - CPOE), physician staffing in intensive care units (ICU), evidence-based referrals for high-mortality surgeries

235. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45279/psn-pdf
     September 27, 2016 - At minimum, this meta-analysis argues for continued clinical supervision of surgeries and invasive procedures

236. Equipment-related incidents in the operating room: an analysis of occurrence, underlying causes and consequences for the clinical process. | PSNet
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     February 14, 2024 - Faulty or missing equipment resulted in operating room delays in nearly 16% of scheduled surgeries, in

237. A lost voice. | PSNet
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     March 21, 2007 - surgery, this news article discusses potential contributing factors in the incident such as concurrent surgeries

238. Risks are high at low-volume hospitals. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risks-are-high-low-volume-hospitals
     September 12, 2012 - This news article reports an independent analysis of patient risk at hospitals that provide surgeries

239. Eight-year experience with a neurosurgical checklist. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/eight-year-experience-neurosurgical-checklist
     September 27, 2023 - The institution did not experience any wrong-site surgeries during that time.

240. UTMC nurse tossed out kidney, ruined it. National experts say error is rare. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/utmc-nurse-tossed-out-kidney-ruined-it-national-experts-say-error-rare
     August 07, 2024 - August 21, 2013 Doctors perform thousands of unnecessary surgeries.