The incidence, root-causes, and outcomes of adverse events in surgical units: implication for potential prevention strategies
Open Access
- 1 January 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Patient Safety in Surgery
- Vol. 5 (1), 13
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-5-13
Abstract
We need to know the scale and underlying causes of surgical adverse events (AEs) in order to improve the safety of care in surgical units. However, there is little recent data. Previous record review studies that reported on surgical AEs in detail are now more than ten years old. Since then surgical technology and quality assurance have changed rapidly. The objective of this study was to provide more recent data on the incidence, consequences, preventability, causes and potential strategies to prevent AEs among hospitalized patients in surgical units.Keywords
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