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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/patient-id-errors-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - , wrong-
procedure, and wrong-person surgery. … , Wrong Procedure and Wrong Person Surgery. … Site, Wrong
Procedure, Wrong
Person Surgery
Operating
room
The estimated rate of wrong-site … *" OR
"Wrong Site Surger*" OR
"Wrong-Site Surger*" OR
"Surger*, Wrong-Site" OR
"Surger*, Wrong Site … *" OR
"Wrong Site Surger*" OR
"Wrong-Site Surger*" OR
"Surger*, Wrong-Site" OR
"Surger*, Wrong Site
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology7.html
April 01, 2025 - Investigators attempted to create a meaningful taxonomy clarifying what was lacking or wrong. … Diagnostic Failure A failed process or a wrong or delayed diagnosis. … For example, a diagnosis of pneumothorax might be a wrong label (misdiagnosis) if the actual problem … Similar to the term wrong diagnosis or incorrect diagnosis . 30 Missed Diagnosis A condition that … . 3 In general, medical adverse events tend to be (but are not always) errors of commission (e.g., wrong
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship4.html
August 01, 2024 - Challenges Ahead
Conclusion
References
Diagnostic errors include missed, delayed, and wrong … ordering urine cultures in patients without urinary tract symptoms, which can increase the risk of wrong … specimen mishandling; for instance, contamination of specimens at the time of collection can result in wrong
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-new_sops_diagnostic_safety-schiff.pdf
January 01, 2020 - test, surgery, or treatment
38%
You were given wrong or unclear instructions about your follow-up … care
34%
You/they were given an incorrect medication, meaning the wrong dose or wrong drug
32% … care instructions 29
Administered the wrong medication dosage 28
Received unnecessary treatment … 27
Providers gave different instructions 24
Got an infection after treatment 24
Doctor gave wrong … diagnosis”
• How to even know whether diagnosis was right or wrong?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/adelman-summit2016.pdf
January 01, 2016 - Wrong Patient Errors Leading to
Diagnostic Errors:
1) Order tests on wrong-patient
2) Read results of … wrong-patient
3) Communicate information to the
wrong patient. … Wrong Patient Errors Leading
to Diagnostic Errors
xxVoluntary
Reporting
Chart
Reviews
Trigger … JAMA. 2001;285:2114-2120
Wrong-Patient Error Measures
Retract-and-Reorder Tool Applied to
Complete … on the wrong patient
– 1 of 37 admitted patients had an order placed for them that was intended for
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4/apa.html
August 01, 2022 - Event Summary: The wrong concentration of potassium (K+) was used in the compounding of TPN. … In this case, the drug was entered as the wrong concentration.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/schiff-summit2016.pdf
January 01, 2013 - strategies at
each stage of clinical practice
Lucian Leape
DEER
Taxonomy
Localizing
What
Went Wrong … Frequency in 583 cases
DEER Taxonomy (continued)
Localizing What
Went Wrong
Frequency in … 583 cases
Schiff Arch Intern Med 2009
What went wrong: DEER Taxonomy Localization
8
Art Elstein … Clinical situations where
patterns of, or vulnerabilities
to errors leading to missed,
delayed or wrong … injury, but chronic subdural
hematoma later develops
GENERIC TYPES of PITFALLS
IOM (NAM) Estimate Wrong
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving-slides.html
October 01, 2020 - sites
Wrong procedures
Incorrect implants
Missing equipment
Mislabeling of specimens
Delays … Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery. … Reduced wrong-site surgeries and other adverse events.
Increased staff morale. … site
Wrong procedure
Wrong/missing implant
Wrong medications
Unidentified allergy
Wrong equipment … Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving/improving.pptx
May 01, 2017 - sites
Wrong procedures
Incorrect implants
Missing equipment
Mislabeling of specimens
Delays in surgery … Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery. … Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery. … site
Wrong procedure
Wrong/missing implant
Wrong medications
Unidentified allergy
Wrong equipment … Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/ambulatory-surgery-report.pdf
May 01, 2017 - site, wrong side, wrong patient, wrong procedure,
wrong implant
• Hospital transfer/admission from … Site, Wrong Side, Wrong Patient, Wrong
Procedure, Wrong Implant 287 0.72 (0.22–2.41) 0.60
Hospital … Site, Wrong Side, Wrong Patient, Wrong
Procedure, Wrong Implant 0.00% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% … Site, Wrong Side, Wrong Patient, Wrong
Procedure, Wrong Implant 0.01% 0.00% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% … Site, Wrong Side, Wrong Patient, Wrong
Procedure, Wrong Implant 0.02% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/defining-diagnostic-error-a-scoping-review.pdf
April 27, 2022 - using the Australian Patient
Safety Foundation classification of error as “unintendedly delayed,
wrong … However, both stud-
ies operationalized error using a combination of pre-NASEM
definitions—wrong and … Gupta et al22 United
States
Failure to diagnose, delay in diagnoses, wrong diagnosis,
and other … Evidence of omission (failure to do the right thing) or commission (doing
something wrong) exists at … Given that the components of accuracy (e.g., missed, wrong,
misdiagnosis) and timeliness (e.g., delayed
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/opt-briefings-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Slide 23: What Is Most Likely To Go Wrong? … Slide 24: What Is Most Likely To Go Wrong? … Slide 25: What Is Most Likely To Go Wrong?
Other concerns
Special precautions. … What went wrong? … Wrong consents.
Wrong patients.
Incorrect equipment, implants, or instruments.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving-fac-notes.html
May 01, 2017 - Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery. … Use of the briefing card led to a drop in wrong-site surgeries and other adverse events. … Reported problems include wrong-site surgeries, wrong procedures, wrong or missing implants, wrong medications … , unidentified allergies, and/or wrong equipment. … Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-culture-survey-brazil-summary.html
August 01, 2024 - may have missed a diagnosis, and the second related to whether the office was informed when a missed, wrong … When a missed, wrong, or delayed diagnosis happens in this office, we are informed about it. 52.3% 56%
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving/improving-facnotes.docx
May 01, 2017 - communication has resulted in serious patient safety events such as teams performing a procedure on the wrong … Use of the briefing card led to a drop in wrong-site surgeries and other adverse events. … Reported problems include wrong-site surgeries, wrong procedures, wrong or missing implants, wrong medications … , unidentified allergies, and/or wrong equipment. … These include fears of being embarrassed, feeling stupid, being ridiculed, being yelled at, being wrong
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/probabilistic-thinking1.html
September 01, 2022 - References
Errors that occur during the diagnostic process can lead to missed or wrong
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/opt-briefings-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - Where could things go wrong with this procedure and specifically with this case? … Slide 23: What Is Most Likely To Go Wrong?
Ask:
What is most likely to go wrong? … Slide 24: What Is Most Likely To Go Wrong? … Slide 25: What Is Most Likely To Go Wrong? … What went wrong, if anything?
Were patient identification and specimen name verified?
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www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/additional/feedback.html
July 01, 2023 - seconds)
Feedback helps teams improve by providing timely, specific information on what went right or wrong
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-cognitive-load4.html
May 01, 2024 - documentation, and choice of orders. 65
A validated submeasure that uses EHR audit log data is called the “Wrong-Patient … Retract-And-Reorder” (Wrong-Patient RAR) tool. … Similarly, improvement efforts that decrease the RAR rate should also decrease the number of wrong-patient
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/tools/calibrate-dx.html
March 01, 2023 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource To Improve Diagnostic Decisions
Delayed, wrong, and missed