http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339270,00.html "The woman woke up to find she had been mixed up with another patient suffering from incontinence who was to have surgery on her sphincter." Can i just say WOW?
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Started 6 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-03-20 14:32:00)
by Crux1024
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Started 6 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-03-20 15:24:00)
by scarymary
Originally Posted by Crux1024 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339270,00.html "The woman woke up to find she had been mixed up with another patient suffering from incontinence who was to have surgery on her sphincter." Can i just say WOW? I heard of a nurse who gave pt in bed 1 some Picolax in preparation for...
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Started 6 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-03-20 19:14:00)
by Miss_Chybil
Ridiculous - and I don't mean that in a good way, either. I just finished reading the article about the surgeon who removed a patient's good kidney instead of the cancerous one. It's a nightmare.
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Started 6 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-03-20 19:29:00)
by snowfreeze
Welcome to the era of private rooms, bar code ID bands and scanners along with co-signing on lots of stuff. I want to see the "time out" sheet on that surgery!!!!!!!!! Whoa and so does her lawyer.
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Started 6 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-03-20 19:56:00)
by CHATSDALE
i bet that lawyer is grinning from ear to ear
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Started 6 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-03-20 23:45:00)
by tamara r
The only thing I can say is right patient, right time, etc. etc. etc. check and recheck! We get slack! It's not good. We can be overworked and over tired ' Originally Posted by scarymary I heard of a nurse who gave pt in bed 1 some Picolax in preparation for major bowel surgery. Then went back later with the next lot. Pt in bed 2 said 'I'm...
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Started 6 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-03-20 23:49:00)
by iceyspots
I guess that brings new meaning to ripping someone a new .... ahem...
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Started 6 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-03-21 04:14:00)
by BabyRN2Be
My brother just had surgery last Friday on his knee and he was terrified they'd screw up and would do the wrong knee. He took blue magic marker and wrote on the bad knee. "Cut here, THIS knee. -TH" (his initials). He just didn't want to take the chance of the wrong knee being worked on.
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Started 6 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-03-21 10:37:00)
by ocankhe
This incident took place in Germany and I wonder if they have the same saety protocols that we have in this country. Surgeons signing the site of surgery pre-op, taking a time out before surgery to verify identity and type of surgery with the patient, etc. We must be cautious not to take shortcuts with all these safety proceedures less we to find ourselves involved in a situation as ...
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Started 6 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-03-21 10:42:00)
by jlsRN
Germans are known to be extremely meticulous people with highly regulated lives. I'm sure they had similar safety checks in place!
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