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301. When doctors get the wrong patient. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-doctors-get-wrong-patient
     December 14, 2016 - December 2, 2015 Doctors perform thousands of unnecessary surgeries.

302. Wrong-side/wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient adverse events: are they preventable? | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wrong-sidewrong-site-wrong-procedure-and-wrong-patient-adverse-events-are-they-preventable
     February 24, 2011 - A prior study indicated a rate of approximately 1 case per 112,000 surgeries, but WSPEs may occur in

303. Surgical never events in the United States. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-never-events-united-states
     September 10, 2014 - More than a decade ago, stories of wrong site surgeries and retained surgical objects galvanized

304. Applying fault tree analysis to the prevention of wrong-site surgery. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/applying-fault-tree-analysis-prevention-wrong-site-surgery
     September 09, 2015 - mitigate these vulnerabilities, suggesting that further interventions are required to prevent wrong-site surgeries

305. Retained foreign bodies after surgery. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/retained-foreign-bodies-after-surgery
     November 23, 2011 - They found that concurrent major surgeries and incorrect instrument and sponge counts played a role in

306. Is there a "July phenomenon" in pediatric neurosurgery at teaching hospitals? | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/there-july-phenomenon-pediatric-neurosurgery-teaching-hospitals
     May 23, 2018 - They found no increase in errors in pediatric brain tumor and shunt surgeries during July and August.

307. Giving up learning from failures? An examination of learning from one's own failures in the context of heart surgeons. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/giving-learning-failures-examination-learning-ones-own-failures-context-heart-surgeons
     April 03, 2013 - Based on data from cardiothoracic surgeons performing coronary artery bypass graft surgeries, the authors

308. Effect of surgical safety checklists on pediatric surgical complications in Ontario. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-surgical-safety-checklists-pediatric-surgical-complications-ontario
     December 07, 2016 - These findings are similar to a prior study that included mostly adult surgeries.

309. Cognitive bias and dissonance in surgical practice: a narrative review. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-bias-and-dissonance-surgical-practice-narrative-review
     June 25, 2018 - care and how they threaten patient safety, including delays in diagnosis and treatment, unnecessary surgeries

310. An innovative approach to the surgical time out: a patient-focused model. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/innovative-approach-surgical-time-out-patient-focused-model
     July 10, 2008 - review the results of the program since its inception in 2011 which includes no incidents of wrong-site surgeries

311. Biopsy site selfies—a quality improvement pilot study to assist with correct surgical site identification. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/biopsy-site-selfies-quality-improvement-pilot-study-assist-correct-surgical-site
     August 02, 2015 - identify the correct biopsy site for subsequent surgical excision, potentially avoiding wrong-site surgeries

312. A surgical procedure grid for safety and operating room communication in multisite surgery. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-procedure-grid-safety-and-operating-room-communication-multisite-surgery
     June 17, 2014 - Wrong-patient and wrong-site surgeries are considered never events.

313. COVID-19 exposes potential gaps in PPE training, effectiveness. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-exposes-potential-gaps-ppe-training-effectiveness
     May 26, 2021 - May 6, 2020 How the coronavirus is delaying life-altering surgeries.

314. Dramatic drop in cancer diagnoses amid COVID pandemic is cause for concern, doctors say. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dramatic-drop-cancer-diagnoses-amid-covid-pandemic-cause-concern-doctors-say
     May 06, 2020 - May 6, 2020 As COVID-19 bears down, doctors confront difficult choices on elective surgeries

315. COVID-19 dominates annual list of patient safety concerns. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-dominates-annual-list-patient-safety-concerns
     May 26, 2021 - April 15, 2020 As COVID-19 bears down, doctors confront difficult choices on elective surgeries

316. How medical jargon can make COVID health disparities even worse. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-medical-jargon-can-make-covid-health-disparities-even-worse
     July 28, 2021 - June 3, 2020 As COVID-19 bears down, doctors confront difficult choices on elective surgeries

317. How the pandemic is reshaping hospital architecture and design. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-pandemic-reshaping-hospital-architecture-and-design
     May 06, 2020 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) How the coronavirus is delaying life-altering surgeries

318. ‘He thought what he was doing was good for people.’ Why is it so difficult to prevent unnecessary medical procedures in the U.S. health-care system? | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/he-thought-what-he-was-doing-was-good-people-why-it-so-difficult-prevent-unnecessary-medical
     September 02, 2020 - April 29, 2020 As COVID-19 bears down, doctors confront difficult choices on elective surgeries

319. A System in Need of Repair: Addressing Organizational Failures of the U.S.’s Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/system-need-repair-addressing-organizational-failures-uss-organ-procurement-and
     August 10, 2022 - November 10, 2021 Concurrent and Overlapping Surgeries: Additional Measures Warranted

320. Disclosure of Adverse Events to Patients. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/disclosure-adverse-events-patients
     November 29, 2023 - March 29, 2007 Quality of Care in Cranial Implant Surgeries at James A.