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A review of patient safety in surgery outlines the incidence, causes, and detection of medical errors, providing strategies for surgeons to minimize errors and maximize patient safety.
This review highlights the importance of developing and embracing patient safety strategies and error detection methods in surgical practice.
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Surgeons may adopt outlined error-minimization strategies; leaves open prospective validation of their outcome impact.
Etchells et al. (2003) conducted a review in Medical errors in surgery. A review of patient safety in surgery outlines the incidence, causes, and detection of medical errors, providing strategies for surgeons to minimize errors and maximize patient safety.
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