Update on wrong-site surgery: more data provides more insight
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Author(s):
- Arnold, Theresa V., author
- Contributor(s):
- Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2018
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data Medical Errors -- trends Surgical Procedures, Operative Patient Safety Humans Pennsylvania United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- From July 2004 through September 2017, there were 779 wrong-site perioperative events, including wrong-site nerve blocks, reported through the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) and analyzed by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority. This update provides an overview of the wrong-site events over time, as well as a focused analysis of the events reported between October 2016 and September 2017.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (5 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101735817 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101735817