Monday, April 17, 2006

AHRQ Study Finds Wrong-site Surgery Rare and Preventable

AHRQ Study Finds Wrong-site Surgery Rare and Preventable: "Wrong-site surgery is extremely rare and major injury from it even rarer, according to a study supported by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The study is being published in the April 2006 issue of Archives of Surgery. The term 'wrong-site surgery' includes surgery on the wrong organ or limb, at the wrong site on the spine, or on the wrong person."

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