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Surgical confusions in ophthalmology

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JW Simon, Y Ngo, S Khan, D Strogatz - Archives of Ophthalmology, 2007 - Am Med Assoc
Methods A retrospective series of 106 cases, including 42 from the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance
Company and 64 from the New York State Health Department. We investigated how the error
occurred; when and by whom it was recognized; who was responsible; whether the ...
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Preoperative site marking for eye surgery may be transferred from patient to patient …


RG Lambley, EN Herbert - British Medical Journal, 2008 - bjo.bmj.com
Wrong site surgery is a preventable serious medical error, which continues to occur. 1 2 The
Royal College of Surgeons and the National Patient Safety Agency recommend that patients
should confirm the site of surgery and have the site marked preopera- tively with an ...
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An observational study of laterality errors in a sample of clinical records


I Elghrably, SG Fraser - Eye, 2006 - nature.com
Forty-four transposition errors were found in 32 sets on notes. The commonest error was drawing
the eye on the wrong side of the page. The commonest place where errors were found was in
the written outpatient notes. Nineteen of the errors had evidence of later correction. Three ...
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Current preoperative marking practice by UK ophthalmologists


OJ Baylis, SG Fraser - Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2007 - qshc.bmj.com
We obtained 145 replies from 205 questionnaires (response rate 71%). For cataract surgery,
99 (76%) respondents always marked patients and 26 (20%) rarely or never did. Marking was
more likely for eye removal (probably because of the severe consequences of wrong site ...
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Patient safety and ophthalmic surgery marking: which side are you on?


MM White, M Gupta, B Dhillon - British Medical Journal, 2007 - bjo.bmj.com
Comment The aetiology of retinal arteriolar occlusion is diverse. The most common causes were
cho- lesterol and fibrinoplatelet (from a carotid source) followed by calcific emboli (from a cardiac
source) in one case series of 70 patients. 1 Risk factors can be multifactorial and a ...
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PREVENTING SURGICAL CONFUSIONS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY (AN AMERICAN …


JW Simon - Transactions of the American Ophthalmological …, 2007 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov
A retrospective series of 106 cases occurring between 1982 and 2005 included 42 closed files
from the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company and 64 cases reported to the New York State
Health Department. Records were grouped by procedure planned and analyzed to ...
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Surgical site marking will not affect sterility of the surgical field


X Zhao, J Chen, XQ Fang, SW Fan - Medical Hypotheses, 2009 - Elsevier
Surgical site marking has been recommended to prevent wrong site surgery (WSS). According
to the Universal Protocol promulgated by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations (JCAHO), the mark must be made using an indelible marker that is ...
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Preoperative site marking


A Mokashi, RE Stead, S Subramaniam - British Medical Journal, 2009 - bjo.bmj.com
PA Keane, 1 S Liakopoulos, 2 AC Walsh, 3 SR Sadda 3 1 Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School
of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA; 2 Department
of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Germany; 3 ...
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National Patient Safety Agency protocol for preoperative site marking


P Alexander, AV Poulson - British Medical Journal, 2007 - bjo.bmj.com
References 1 Fraser SG, Adams W. Wrong site surgery. Br J Ophthalmol 2006;90:814–16. 2
The National Association of Theatre Nurses (NATN). Safeguards for invasive procedures: the
management of risks. Yorkshire: NATN Harrogate, 1998 (Replacing Theatre Safeguards ( ...
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