Wrong patient taken to kidney transplant surgery
Wrong patient, wrong site, wrong procedures are all sentinel events that should never happen
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Upper endoscopy preoxygenation, anesthesia and medical malpractice
New specialty face mask will improve patient safety
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Surgeons should take seriously patient complaints of pain after surgery
Abnormal pain can be the first sign of accidental damage to a nearby organ in the operating room
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The dangers of oversedation for pain management, other office surgical procedures
Oversedation, poor carbon dioxide monitoring have been linked to brain injuries and deaths
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Operating room fires make the top 10 list of 2020 hospital sentinel/never events
Most OR fires include oxygen and either electrocautery or lasers
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Retained foreign bodies/surgical items are among top serious 2020 medical errors
Sponges, needles, and gauze are the most common surgical items negligently left behind in patients' bodies
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What happens when the surgeon and operating room team leave something inside you?
Retained surgical items are sentinel or never events, but they still happen regularly
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Operating room and surgical fire medical malpractice
Around 600 patients annually are injured by surgical fires in the U.S.
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Research shows that surgery centers aren't as safe as hospital operating rooms
More surgeries are now performed at ambulatory surgery centers than hospitals
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Why your surgeon or anesthesiologist might not be the one working on you in the operating room
Learn the secret shell game that occurs daily at many major hospitals
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