Cardiac surgery errors: results from the UK National Reporting and Learning System.
Martinez EA, Shore AD, Colantuoni E, et al. Cardiac surgery errors: results from the UK National Reporting and Learning System. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23(2):151-8. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzq084.
This study found that reducing errors associated with medical devices/equipment in the operating room (OR) was a key opportunity for error prevention, whereas medication safety was a focus for prevention outside the OR.

