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Comfy ORs - June 2014 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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4 6 O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | J U N E 2 0 1 4 and learn from it so that other patients and other operative teams would be safe. An opportunity arose to share my story in the New England Journal of Medicine ( tinyurl.com/2f4l4fw ), and I was all for it On the eve of publication I wasn't sure how it would be received. Would patients avoid me and doctors stop referring to me? Would I lose the respect of my col- leagues? Instead, my forthright discussion of the incident drew widespread praise; some surgeons called me courageous for risking my reputation for the sake of patient safety. Clearly many are ready for this change. The real benefit of going on my "wrong procedure world tour" (the set of hos- pital and conference appearances that ensued) to talk about my error was to drive home the point that humans err and that W R O N G - S I T E S U R G E R Y REDUCE THE RISK OF NEVER EVENTS IN YOUR O.R. SANDEL Patient Safety Solutions Ansell provides a complete line of SANDEL Never Event Protection products designed to help prevent costly surgical errors and aid in compliance with The Joint Commission. ® and TM are owned by Ansell Limited or one of its affiliates. © 2014 Ansell Limited. All rights reserved. To place an order, call 866-764-3327 www.Ansell.com/SANDEL ® and TM are owned by Ansell Limited or one of its affiliates. © 2014 Ansell Limited. All rights reserved. OSE_1406_part2_Layout 1 6/13/14 11:40 AM Page 46

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