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Assessment of incorrect surgical procedures within and outside the operating room. A follow-up study from US Veterans Health Administration medical centers.

Neily J, Soncrant C, Mills PD, et al. Assessment of Incorrect Surgical Procedures Within and Outside the Operating Room: A Follow-up Study From US Veterans Health Administration Medical Centers. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(7):e185147. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5147.

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December 5, 2018
Neily J, Soncrant C, Mills PD, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(7):e185147.
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The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum both consider wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient surgeries to be never events. Despite improvement approaches ranging from the Universal Protocol to nonpayment for the procedures themselves and any consequent care, these serious surgical errors continue to occur. This study measured the incidence of incorrect surgeries in Veterans Health Administration medical centers from 2010 to 2017. Surgical patient safety events resulting in harm were rare and declined by more than two-thirds from 2000 to 2017. Dentistry, ophthalmology, and neurosurgery had the highest incidence of in–operating room adverse events. Root cause analysis revealed that 29% of events could have been prevented with a correctly performed time-out. A WebM&M commentary examined an incident involving a wrong-side surgery.

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Neily J, Soncrant C, Mills PD, et al. Assessment of Incorrect Surgical Procedures Within and Outside the Operating Room: A Follow-up Study From US Veterans Health Administration Medical Centers. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(7):e185147. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5147.

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