Incorrect surgical procedures within and outside of the operating room: A follow-up report

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1235-1239

  Neily, Julia ^a   Mills, Peter D ^a,b   Eldridge, Noel ^d,g   Carney, Brian T ^a   Pfeffer, Debora ^e   Turner, James R ^c   Young Xu, Yinong ^a   Gunnar, William ^e,f   Bagian, James P ^c,d  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VA National Center for Patient Safety   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^g Agency for Healthcare Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OPERATING ROOMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855206227     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.171     Document Type: Article

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