More than half of the current surgeries all make mistakes

What happens when more than 50% of medical errors occur on the operating table?

Mistakes in surgery are more important than many other medical accidents

The hospital may be the most dangerous place we don't pay attention to. Studies show that medical infections involve more than 700,000 cases in the United States each year. Besides, mistakes in medical treatment and treatment also contribute from 100,000 to 400,000 deaths in the United States each year.

According to a recent study from Massachusetts General Hospital, the mistake in operating rooms can have far more serious consequences than other medical accidents.

The mechanism of drug distribution in hospitals is very strict and thorough examination. Usually the drugs will be checked for dosage and drug name, including related providers, doctors, pharmacists and nurses.

However, in the operating room, everything is different, leading to errors that can occur at any time.

The most common errors are related to the incorrect labeling of the drug , the dose not correct, and the failure to provide timely emergency treatment based on the patient's logo. These errors were collected and collected by observers after monitoring the operation of 225 anesthesiologists for nearly 300 surgeries.

Of course, these mistakes will bring immeasurable consequences. 30% of patients' bodies respond moderately to mistakes in the operating room. While 69% of patients showed serious symptoms and only 1-2% of symptoms were really serious and life-threatening.

According to Karen C. Nanji, a doctor at the study's main co-author's Massachusetts anesthesia department, the error rate in this study is higher than the previous study.

Nanji added: "We certainly have made improvements to prevent drug-related errors in surgery, and now their errors and their frequency are detectable. We have begun to develop targeted strategies to prevent those errors. "

However, the fact must be affirmed, the doctors standing on surgery are always in a state of stress, even using tranquilizers to relieve stress. Therefore, it is difficult to equate medical errors that occur entirely due to the subjective errors of doctors.