Sharing lessons learned to prevent incorrect surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1276-1280

  Neily, Julia ^a   Mills, Peter D ^a,b   Paull, Douglas E ^a   Mazzia, Lisa M ^a   Turner, James R ^a   Hemphill, Robin R ^a   Gunnar, William ^a,c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXCISION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LENS IMPLANT; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SAFETY; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84867912745     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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