Wrong-site nerve blocks: 10 yr experience in a large multihospital health-care system.
Hudson ME, Chelly JE, Lichter JR. Wrong-site nerve blocks: 10 yr experience in a large multihospital health-care system. Br J Anaesth. 2015;114(5):818-24. doi:10.1093/bja/aeu490.
Wrong-surgery errors continue to occur despite their status as never events. This study found that wrong-site block occurred at a rate of about 1 per 10,000 nerve blocks, and these persisted even after implementation of time out procedures. The authors highlight the need to develop interventions to prevent these events.
Hudson ME, Chelly JE, Lichter JR. Wrong-site nerve blocks: 10 yr experience in a large multihospital health-care system. Br J Anaesth. 2015;114(5):818-24. doi:10.1093/bja/aeu490.