Bullying in the Operating Room environment
Bullying is the act of seeking to harm, intimidate, or coerce another person or people. Bullying is largely about power and about one person or a group wanting to feel…
Never Events in Surgery; What you need to know!
'Never events continue to happen, we can never be complacent. We need to embrace safety science at scale and equip staff to understand how human factors affect safety. Patients put…
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The moment a patient makes a decision to trust their life, health and well-being to another person, that person takes on an advocates responsibility to protect the rights of the…
Preventing Medication Errors Principles and Guidance
Medication errors can occur throughout the medication-use system. Such as, when prescribing a drug, upon entering information into a computer system, when the drug is being prepared or dispensed, or…
Common causes of Surgical Errors in the Operating Room
It is often said that there is no such thing as "minor" surgery. Whether you are having your appendix removed, or a quadruple bypass, any surgical procedure is a serious…
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Warning after Brit mother-of-three dies following liposuction in Turkey
The husband of a British woman who died after liposuction surgery in Turkey is warning others over the risks of health tourism. A postmortem found Abimbola Ajoke Bamgbose died from…
Toledo plastic surgeon accused of drugging and raping women
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – A Toledo plastic surgeon was arrested by the FBI on Friday, facing charges of Illegally Dispensing Controlled Substances, Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking. 49-year-old Dr.…
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Sunshine Hospital patient burned during procedure after fire starts in surgical theatre
A 72-year-old woman has suffered burns after a fire ignited while she was undergoing a procedure in a Sunshine Hospital surgical theatre. The blaze began when medical equipment malfunctioned just…
Chinese Scientist Who Genetically Edited Babies Gets 3 Years in Prison
The scientist He Jiankui at a medical conference in Hong Kong last year, when he announced he had created the world’s first genetically edited babies. Image Credit…Kin Cheung/Associated Press He…
Never Events in Surgery; What you need to know!
The point of surgical procedures is to save or improve the quality of our lives, but things can and do go wrong because of system or human errors. In too…
New Jersey hospital admits giving a kidney transplant to the wrong person
A patient at a southern New Jersey hospital inadvertently got a transplanted kidney that was intended for another patient, officials confirmed to CNN Tuesday. The 51-year-old patient was on the…
Double-booked surgery cited in death at MGH, records indicate
The president of Massachusetts General Hospital has long insisted that it was perfectly safe for some surgeons to oversee two operations at the same time. Dr. Peter Slavin told the…
Good Samaritan Hospital cancels more than 140 elective surgeries
Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup said Sunday it is canceling more than 140 elective surgeries this week after discovering flecks of plastic on some surgical trays. KIRO 7 reached out…
Surgical objects left in patients on the rise in Canada, data shows
TORONTO — More than 550 objects have been unintentionally left in Canadian medical and surgery patients between 2016 and 2018, and the problem appears to be getting worse. A new…
Austin Hospital cancels 150 elective surgeries after washers break down
Melbourne’s Austin Hospital has been forced to cancel 150 elective surgeries after a number of their medical washers broke down. In a statement, the hospital said it had realised there…
Breast implant cancer risk prompts growing number of women to have them removed
PHOTO A grade-two breast implant which is under review by the TGA.ABC NEWS: BRENDAN ESPOSITO Jane Downs has been diagnosed with cancer four times in 20 years. She never imagined…
‘They look for a scapegoat’: a surgeon’s battle to clear his name
It was a winter evening at a hospital just outside London and colorectal surgeon David Sellu’s clinic was busy. But when a fellow doctor, an orthopaedic surgeon, asked him if…
Ahmedabad: Govt hospital nurse cuts baby’s thumb instead of bandage, case registered
The mother said that usually scissors are not used to cut open a baby’s bandage. (Picture for representation: Reuters) A major case of negligence has surfaced from a government hospital…
Ohio Doctor Charged With Deliberately Giving 25 Patients Fatal Doses of Painkillers
An Ohio critical-care doctor was arrested and charged with murder Wednesday in the deaths of 25 hospital patients who authorities say were deliberately given overdoses of painkillers. The charges against…
Boy goes for nasal surgery, doctor performs hernia operation instead
According to sources, the boy, Mohammed Danish, was operated for hernia instead of nasal polyps on Tuesday at a medical college in Manjeri town, 175 km north of Kochi. Hospital…
Operating Room Issues That Are Avoidable
No matter the hospital or practice, operating room issues are bound to arise. In some cases, those issues can become huge detriments to the safety of both patients and surgical…
Euthanasia Becoming ‘Default Way to Die’ in Belgium
BRUSSELS – Belgium has long been famous for food, like waffles and chocolate. But it’s becoming famous for death. Belgium has the most liberal euthanasia laws in the world. You…
Three months after surgery, doctors find forceps inside woman’s abdomen in Hyderabad
The woman, who underwent a surgery in November, returned to the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) complaining of severe stomach pains. A woman in Hyderabad went through excruciating pain…
A woman took a stranger off life support after hospital allegedly mixed up two men, lawsuit says
A woman who was told her brother wouldn’t “make it” after a drug overdose ordered a stranger be taken off life support in a mix-up at a Bronx hospital, a…
Nurse ‘decapitates a baby while pulling too hard during a difficult birth’ at a hospital in India
A male nurse pulled so hard that the foetus is said to have broken in two pieces The mother is now fighting for her life at a different hospital in…
Two-year-old boy ‘castrated’ after doctors botched operation
Shutterstock A 2-year-old boy who was supposed to undergo a “minimal operation” was “castrated” when doctors accidentally operated on the wrong testicle, his family says. The boy was treated for…
Legal war engulfs 3M Bair Hugger device
Smoke rose in curls of green laser light, quickly filling the mock operating room and fogging the air around a mannequin patient. Dr. Scott Augustine, a controversial medical entrepreneur and…
Robotic surgery experts left theatre before end of heart op at Freeman Hospital, inquest hears.
Experts who were supposed to assist surgeons carrying out the first robotic heart valve operation of its kind in the UK left the hospital theatre before the procedure was finished…
Doctor wrongly removes woman’s healthy KIDNEY during routine back surgery after mistaking the organ for a cancerous tumor
Maureen Pacheco, 53, of Florida, had suffered lower back pain for years after a car accident She went to Wellington Regional Medical Center to have lower back bones fused After…
Cancer surgery was on wrong side of colon. State fines Madera hospital for the error
Madera Community Hospital has been fined by the state for a surgery on the wrong side of the body of a patient that led to a delay in the targeted…