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WebM&M (Morbidity & Mortality Rounds on the Web) features expert analysis of medical errors reported anonymously by our readers. Spotlight Cases include interactive learning modules available for CME. Commentaries are written by patient safety experts and published monthly.

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This Month's WebM&Ms

Update Date: October 31, 2023
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    • “This is the wrong patient's blood!”: Evaluating a Near-Miss Wrong Transfusion Event
    Sarah Barnhard, MD| January 29, 2020
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    • A 74-year-old male with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure with an EF of 45%, stage I chronic kidney disease and gout presented for a total hip replacement. He had multiple home medications and was also on Warfarin, which was held appropriately prior to the surgery.  A Type and Cross for blood request was sent along with baseline labs; however, there was a mislabeling error on one of the samples causing a delay in the blood getting to the operating room resulting in the medical team initiating a massive transfusion protocol when the patient became hypotensive.
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    Marilynn M. Rosenthal, PhD| July 1, 2003
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    • An anxious patient awaiting ambulatory surgery is mistakenly put on the wrong operating table.
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