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Malpractice Study Shows Surgical Mistakes Occur At Least 4,000 Times Per Year

December 26, 2012
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After a cautious and rigorous analysis of national malpractice claims, Johns Hopkins patient safety researchers estimate that a surgeon in the United States leaves a foreign object such as a sponge or a towel inside a patient’s body after an operation 39 times a week, performs the wrong procedure on a patient 20 times a week and operates on the wrong body site 20 times a week. MORE…

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