Research Paper On Wrong Site Surgery
Preventing Mistakes in Surgery
Preventing mistakes in surgery is one of the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) of 2015. Wrong-site surgery has affected hundreds of patients every year. According to Knight and Aucar (2010), wrong-site surgery is defined as “any surgery that involves the wrong person, organ, limb, or side”. Wrong-site surgery can occur in numerous procedures including urologic, neurosurgical, and orthopedic, with orthopedic procedures having the most wrong-site surgeries performed. The American Nurses Association defined autonomy as “an agreement to respect another’s right to self-determine a course of action”. This applies to preventing mistakes in surgery by supporting the patient’s decision about how they would like to be marked and having them confirm the marking. Knight and Aucar (2010) explain that an anatomic marking form (AMF) is used to engage the patient in confirming the site before surgery. According to Abecassis et al. (2015) the preoperative verification process, marking the site for operation due to patient preferences, and taking time to pause before the surgery can decrease preventing wrong-site surgery.
During the preoperative verification …show more content…
It is important that the patient confirms the site after being marked before surgery because as Abecassis et al. (2015) explains, “failure of patients correctly confirming the site leads to wrong-site surgery”. The patient proceeds to the operating room where a “time out” occurs and the operating team verifies the patient identity, procedure, and site. Abecassis et al. (2015) explains that issues including clinical staff members failing to speak up, not identifying the patient other than the name, and failure to relay other vital information retained before the surgery leads to wrong surgical
Preventing mistakes in surgery is one of the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) of 2015. Wrong-site surgery has affected hundreds of patients every year. According to Knight and Aucar (2010), wrong-site surgery is defined as “any surgery that involves the wrong person, organ, limb, or side”. Wrong-site surgery can occur in numerous procedures including urologic, neurosurgical, and orthopedic, with orthopedic procedures having the most wrong-site surgeries performed. The American Nurses Association defined autonomy as “an agreement to respect another’s right to self-determine a course of action”. This applies to preventing mistakes in surgery by supporting the patient’s decision about how they would like to be marked and having them confirm the marking. Knight and Aucar (2010) explain that an anatomic marking form (AMF) is used to engage the patient in confirming the site before surgery. According to Abecassis et al. (2015) the preoperative verification process, marking the site for operation due to patient preferences, and taking time to pause before the surgery can decrease preventing wrong-site surgery.
During the preoperative verification …show more content…
It is important that the patient confirms the site after being marked before surgery because as Abecassis et al. (2015) explains, “failure of patients correctly confirming the site leads to wrong-site surgery”. The patient proceeds to the operating room where a “time out” occurs and the operating team verifies the patient identity, procedure, and site. Abecassis et al. (2015) explains that issues including clinical staff members failing to speak up, not identifying the patient other than the name, and failure to relay other vital information retained before the surgery leads to wrong surgical