This article discusses the patient safety incidents that can occur when high harm complications occur after surgery and other invasive procedures. Review of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting ...
This alert describes retention of a foreign body following a surgical procedure. During a paediatric splenic artery embolization, a vessel closure device was deployed in view of patient’s bleeding ...
This alert describes a patient safety incident of retained foreign body left in a patient after an abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy. A metal malleable retractor was placed ...
