The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 193, Issue 6 , Pages 657-659, June 2007

The quest for procedural safety: a suggested framework for the clinical study of operator-based technical errors during surgical procedures

  • John R. Clarke, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Drexel University, 245 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
    • ECRI Institute, 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 412 McClenaghan Mill Rd., Wynnewood PA 19096-1006. Tel.: +1-610-246-8764; fax: +1-610-834-1275

Received 3 August 2006; received in revised form 6 November 2006 published online 24 April 2007.

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 The author is reimbursed for his work for ECRI and for the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority.

PII: S0002-9610(07)00166-3

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.11.013

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 193, Issue 6 , Pages 657-659, June 2007

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