The Verdict 
What do you do when you've experienced a wrong-site, wrong-patient or wrong-procedure surgical error?
- Wrong-side surgery, the Nursing Obligation
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Doc Heading to Lefty-Right K-Grade Rehab
- Can nurses be liable for an unconsented surgery?
Client Toolbox
What do you do when you've experienced a wrong-site, wrong-patient or wrong-procedure surgical error?
- Florida: Wrong-site, Wrong-patient, Wrong-procedure or "never-events".
- New England Journal of Medicine: A pre-surgical checklist includes the time-out.
- Minnesota Patient Safety Reports - Preventable Errors
- PAMELA G. ROCK vs. WARHANK, BLUE GRASS FAMILY, et. al. - Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations
News
HIPPA: Learning a hard lesson, hosptial worker fired
Posted on Nov 18, 2008
Check out our post today that discusses the seven suspended workers and one got fired for accessing patient information in a way that violated the hospital's policy about patient privacy. My guess is that unemployment benefits will not be available to the fired employee.
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- Again We Discuss Wrong-Site or Wrong-Side Surgeries...
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Posted on 11/2/2009 - New Universal Protocol video is an easy training tool, offers credits...
Posted on 5/27/2009 - Wrong-site or wrong-side surgery in Providence at Hasbro Chidren's Hospital...
Posted on 5/13/2009 - Orthopedic surgeons report out on errors including wrong-site, wrong-procedure and wrong-patient....
Posted on 3/20/2009 - How to Avoid Wrong Site Surgery Cheaply...
Posted on 3/3/2009 - Wrong-site surgeries being studied in Minneapolis, Minnesota...
Posted on 2/9/2009 - Hospital Safety: Complications of surgery in the UK....
Posted on 1/24/2009 - Rhode Island Hospital making changes to avoid wrong-site surgeries....
Posted on 12/14/2008 - Medical Malpractice case remanded back to the Iowa District Court - failure to diagnose breast cancer alleged...
Posted on 11/25/2008 - HIPPA: Learning a hard lesson, hosptial worker fired...
Posted on 11/18/2008 - Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgeries. This is the August topic for discussion....
Posted on 11/8/2008 - Ireland hospital removed the wrong kidney from a child...
Posted on 10/27/2008 - Action being discussed by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston...
Posted on 10/20/2008
Resources
What do you do when you've experienced a wrong-site, wrong-patient or wrong-procedure surgical error?
- Is this tool the cure for wrong-site surgery and other OR errors?
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Wrong-site Surgery Advisory
- Washington Post - Medical Errors, Wrong-site Surgeries
- Other Resources
Videos
What do you do when you've experienced a wrong-site, wrong-patient or wrong-procedure surgical error?:
How to Avoid Wrong Site Surgery Cheaply
Who is at fault when a wrong-site surgery occurs?
Wrong Site Surgery Training Video for Staff
FAQs
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