Cardiac surgery errors: results from the UK National Reporting and Learning System.

Elizabeth A. Martinez; Andrew D. Shore; Elizabeth Colantuoni; Kurt R. Herzer; David A. Thompson; Ayse P. Gurses; Jill A. Marsteller; Laura Bauer; Christine A. Goeschel; Kevin Cleary; Peter Pronovost; Julius Cuong Pham

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Cardiac surgery errors: results from the UK National Reporting and Learning System.

December 29, 2014

Martinez EA, Shore AD, Colantuoni E, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23(2):151-8.

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This study found that reducing errors associated with medical devices/equipment in the operating room (OR) was a key opportunity for error prevention, whereas medication safety was a focus for prevention outside the OR.

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