Factors contributing to preventing operating room "never events": a machine learning analysis.
Arad D, Rosenfeld A, Magnezi R. Factors contributing to preventing operating room “never events”: a machine learning analysis. Patient Saf Surg. 2023;17(1):6. doi:10.1186/s13037-023-00356-x.
Surgical never events are rare but devastating for patients. Using machine learning, this study identified 24 contributing factors to two types of surgical never events - wrong site surgery and retained items. Communication, the number and type of staff present, and the type and length of surgery were identified contributing factors.