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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2021 National Patient Safety Goals revisit familiar areas
To reduce patient risks, hospital leaders must do more than check the box
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Ambulatory surgery centers struggle to balance profits with patient safety
Most total joint replacement surgeries will be done at outpatient surgery centers by 2026
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The expanding role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in Texas surgical groups
Is it safe for patients?
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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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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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FDA cautions that robotic surgery is unproven and potentially dangerous for cancer surgeries
For some surgeries, robotically-assisted surgery may decrease patient survival rates
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Registered nurse (RN) roles, duties, and medical malpractice in Texas
Although many hospitals don't like to admit it, nurses have roles and duties independent of doctors
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