Incidence of neurosurgical wrong-site surgery before and after implementation of the universal protocol

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 590-595

  Vachhani, Jay A ^a   Klopfenstein, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklist; Joint commission; Neurosurgery; Sentinel event; Universal protocol; Wrong site surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKULL SURGERY; SPINE SURGERY; WRONG SITE SURGERY;

CHECKLIST; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875828531     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318283c9ea     Document Type: Article

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