Tag: Patient Safety

A safer, faster way for postoperative x-rays

With patient safety as its primary goal, the University of Michigan Health System has created a new process using bar-coded sponges and electronic radiology orders to ensure no items are unintentionally left in a patient during surgery. Electronic orders provide for a standardized process that not only is safer but…

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By: OR Manager
July 5, 2012
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Pinpointing risks of wrong surgery

Do you know where your OR's process is at most risk for an error that could lead to wrong-site surgery? A South Carolina health system identified its improvement opportunities and came up with solutions as part of a national project with the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare (CTH). Five…

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By: Or Manager
August 1, 2011
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