Tag: Operating Room
“Stop the Line” in a Hospital
Today it's Toyota, tomorrow the NHS; Hospital looks to adopt safety initiative
The concept of any worker being able to stop the line in a...
Wow, the Joint Commission Moves Slowly
Heparin errors and patient harm have been in the news quite a bit the last few years. So what are hospital regulators doing about...
Surgical Checklists in the News!
WHO Proposes Checklist to Reduce Surgery Errors : NPR
A surgical revolution: checklist that could prevent thousands of deaths
Thanks to long-time readers Chet and Andrew...
Problems at JPS Hospital, Part 2
Star-Telegram.com: | 04/28/2008 | Trapped in a waiting game at JPSUpdate: For those who didn't catch the update to Monday's post, it was announced...
Updated: Problems at JPS Hospital, Part 1
Update 5/1/08: The CEO is being forced out, "retiring" in SeptemberStar-Telegram.com: | 04/27/2008 | JPS patients get shortchanged as cash surpluses keep growingSecondary article...
Another Pathology Mishap
L.I. Hospital Scrutinized After Deaths of Patients - New York Times
It wasn't the same laboratory this time, but it's more than likely a similar...
Relying on Memory Leads to Errors
Patient Safety Blog - Telling Our StoriesHere is an unfortunate story about a surgeon operating on the wrong side of an 86 year-old man,...
