May 1, 2007
Surgeon leads effort for safer surgery
If you look behind some of the major studies on patient safety in surgery, you'll find a common name—Atul Gawande, MD, MPH. He led the well-known 2003 study documenting the incidence of retained items in surgery. He's just finished a clinical study of a bar code technology to aid sponge counts. He participated in a human factors study that yielded, among other things, the controversial finding that surgical counts competed with other patient care tasks for nurses' attention and disrupted other activities.
Free Daily News
- Proposed tariffs threaten medical device supply chain
- Providers push back on insurance cost-cutting hurdles
- EHR-integrated clinical decision support reduces unnecessary preoperative tests
- Infection control guidelines focus on regional anesthesia, pain management
- Study links high surgeon stress, positive patient outcomes
- Researchers recommend extending colonoscopy screening interval for low-risk patients
- New wrong-site surgery prevention toolkit seeing traction in ASCs
- Podcast episode discusses the anesthesia provider shortage in ASCs
- Study explores use of antibiotics as alternative to pediatric appendectomy
- Medical device shortages present pediatric patient challenges, FDA warns
© Access Intelligence, LLC. All rights reserved. |
Privacy Policy |
Cookie Settings |
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging |
Accessibility Statement