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…
Electrosurgical Units, Safety Issues, and the Risk of Surgical Fires
In one case, a facial fire occurred involving the ESU active electrode in an oxygen-enriched environment. In the second case, inadvertent activation of the ESU ignited bone cement being used…
New Study identifies the detection rates of missing microsurgical needles using intra‐operative imaging
When a needle is lost during surgery, consider the following before ordering fluoroscopy. Needles of chord length greater than 13 mm (6–0) should be reliably detected whilst 3.8 mm (10–0) needles will…
Operating Room Issues That Can be Avoided
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…
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…