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Getting Surgery Right CME DisclosuresRelease Date: November 16, 2007; Valid for credit through November 16, 2008 |
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| Wrong-site surgery, consisting of surgery performed on the wrong patients or at the wrong location or side, or of the wrong procedure, is considered a medical error and not a medical risk for surgery. Wrong-site surgery is included as a Serious Reportable Event by the National Quality Forum, and in some states reports are made public and disciplinary action taken against surgeons. The state of Pennsylvania requires reporting of wrong-site surgery, which formed the database for this report. - Getting Surgery Right
John R. Clarke, MD
Janet Johnston, MSN, JD
Edward D. Finley, BS
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