Source: "Wrong-Site Surgery, Retained Surgical Items, and Surgical Fires," JAMA Surgery, abstract only, August 2015, http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2301000
At Medicare is Simple, we look to educate and enable you to choose among Medicare plans to help find the policy that may best fit your needs. Get free quotes using our advanced quoting technology. HealthCare Reform is also a hot topic of interest to people of all ages, and we look to keep you updated on the issues relevant to learning more. Medicare Is Simple 800-442-4915
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
According to a recent analysis of 10 years of data
...
on
surgical "never events," wrong-site surgery is estimated to occur
once per 100,000 procedures, and the incidence of retained surgical items is
estimated at once per 10,000 procedures.
Source: "Wrong-Site Surgery, Retained Surgical Items, and Surgical Fires," JAMA Surgery, abstract only, August 2015, http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2301000
Source: "Wrong-Site Surgery, Retained Surgical Items, and Surgical Fires," JAMA Surgery, abstract only, August 2015, http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2301000
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment