A recent article in Reuters Health published results from studies at the University of Colorado on the number of surgical disorders is carried out. It's pretty scary, reports that wrong site surgery, 107 cases of which accounted for 27,000 studied. The 25 of these cases is still frightening, operations on the wrong patient have been (and I would argue cases wrong site surgery, too).

Estimates are that some sort of mistake. 1 in each 75,000 US operations leads although this not how much may seem, the fact that these errors are easily avoidable it makes a great case for some serious health care review. I've heard told even by patients select their surgical site to have reassured that the operation in the correct area is carried out.

The main contribution to the wrong site surgery errors is communication problems. Misread charts, errors in judgment and protocol submitted, to an increased add all chance, which is a surgical procedure on the wrong side of the body to be carried out. Apparently, it's easy to work on the wrong lung because hey, 2 of them!

SURGICAL team who failed, was one of the main culprits found in the study, lead the short briefing sessions, known as timeouts, before and during a procedure. The timeouts are a moment for the team, which examine details of the operation, the operation that proper procedure is performed and the surgical site is correctly identified to ensure that the right patients.

If these protocols are followed safety, drastically reduces the chances of a wrong site surgery. There are no extra equipment or take a few minutes, staff and the briefings - so there is no excuse for this is, not on stage this time out if they help save lives.

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