Open AccessIncidence and Root Cause Analysis of Wrong-site Pain Management Procedures
Author(s) -
Steven P. Cohen,
Salim M. Hayek,
Sukdeb Datta,
Zahid H. Bajwa,
Thomas M. Larkin,
Scott Griffith,
Greg Hobelmann,
Paul J. Christo,
Ronald L. White
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
anesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.874
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1528-1175
pISSN - 0003-3022
DOI - 10.1097/aln.0b013e3181cf892d
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , interventional pain management , protocol (science) , medical record , surgery , root cause analysis , pain management , anesthesia , alternative medicine , physics , engineering , optics , forensic engineering , pathology
Medical errors exact an inordinate toll on healthcare costs. One of the most publicized and analyzed type of medical error is wrong-site surgery. Yet, despite the burgeoning number of procedures performed, no literature exists on wrong-site pain management injections. The purpose of this study was to estimate the relative incidence and determine the causes of wrong-site pain management procedures.
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