and recognized a common cause
of medical errors. "There are prob-
lems embedded in the systems of
surgical care, not in the people
who are performing it," he says.
"The processes surgical profes-
sionals follow often set them up
for failure. There are many right
ways of doing things, but we don't
agree on which one we're going to
use."
Every surgeon has his own way
of doing things, so every nurse
needs to know each doctor's pre-
ferred methods. "That's impossible,
so they make way more mistakes
than they need to," says Dr. Berry.
It's true that surgical profession-
als aren't the ones at risk of being
physically harmed when errors
occur, but Dr. Berry is quick to
point out that the mental scars
can sometimes cut just as deeply.
"Every caregiver who sees a
patient get injured is hurt inside,"
he says. "There's tremendous psy-
chological pain that comes with
making significant errors that
result in patient harm."
Ashley Childers, PhD, a research
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