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Westfall SS, Mascia K. People. October 5, 2009;72:155.
 

This story discusses an instance of mistakenly implanted embryos and the impact of the error on the two families involved.
 
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Resource Type:  Newspaper/Magazine Article

Target Audience:  Patients

Clinical Area:  Medicine > Obstetrics

Safety Target:  Nonsurgical Procedural Complications

   Identification Errors > Wrong Patient

Error Types:  Active Errors > Cognitive Errors ("Mistakes")

Approach to Improving Safety:  Legal and Policy Approaches > Malpractice Litigation

Origin/Sponsor:  North America > United States of America
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