Thousands of personal injuries and deaths occur every year in the nationwide case of doctor's negligence or carelessness by a medical institution. However, the average citizen does not recognize how much medical malpractice statistics are shocked. Recent American Medical Association Journal Due to medical malpractice, 225,000 illegal deaths due to preventable medical malpractice every year were found, and it turned out that medical malpractice is the third most serious cause of death in the United States next to heart disease and cancer.
All medical errors are not fatal. However, the nature of injuries due to medical malpractice often resolutely and permanently debilitates. This is particularly true of surgical errors. Collaborate articles Kaiser Health News And Washington Post Describe the warning frequency of surgical errors. Sarah G. Boodman, "In an effort to end a false operation of the wrong body part and the wrong patient", in the investigation of the Joint Committee Committee, the operation of the wrong site was performed up to 40 times per week at the US hospital , Permanent strong regulations and guidelines implemented 7 years ago to prevent such serious mistakes.
On July 1, 2004, the joint committee, a US hospital accrediting body, implemented a universal protocol for misidentified site prevention, wrong treatment, and incorrect person surgery. Procedures to minimize surgical errors include:
Preoperative verification of important information
· Marking the surgical site
· Timeout for confirmation before starting procedure
According to the Joint Committee, the wrong surgery is "it never happens", it should not happen, it is such a cumbersome and precautionary error. However, it is clearly a common problem that more than 2,000 patients underwent the wrong surgery each year.
In this article, Boodman says: "Mistakes such as cutting the wrong foot, making a mistake, removing the kidney from the wrong patient, [surgeon Dennis] O & amp; Leary is called "very simple thing". For example, make sure that the X-rays are not inverted and the appropriate patient is on the table. Doctors, surgeons, and medical technicians have not taken time to reconfirm this "simple thing" nor do they comply with the Universal Protocol. The proportion of cases did not take timeout before surgery.
Not all bad medical results come from medical malpractice or negligence. However, performing incorrect limbs, performing erroneous surgical procedures, or performing surgery on the wrong patient is an act of negligence, negligence and compliance with medical protocols or defense of professional care standards. If you injured or due to an error during surgery you accidentally died a person you love, consult with a medical lawyer how you can recover damages liability from the healthcare provider Please Confirm.
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