Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Device-related errors revealed through a national database

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 555-560

  Panesar, Sukhmeet S ^a   Salvilla, Sarah A ^b   Patel, Bhavesh ^a   Donaldson, Sir Liam ^a  

^a NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

equipment errors; harm; medical error; patient safety; risk

Indexed keywords

EARLY LEARNING; GALL BLADDER; HARM; HEALTH SERVICES; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOW LEVEL; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF CARE; STEP CHANGES; TRAINING PROGRAM;

EQUIPMENT; ERRORS; HEALTH RISKS; SURGERY;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; BLADDER PERFORATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DATA BASE; DEVICE SAFETY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GALLBLADDER; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK;

EID: 80052278832     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.11.43     Document Type: Article

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