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This 3-page paper discusses follow-up examination of a wrong-site surgery event. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AS43_MTsurgteam.doc
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when it was his left knee that required the operation. The writer is being asked to form a team to analyze the wrong-site surgery. As this is highly important, the
members of this team would consist of various stakeholders of the hospital, and perhaps a couple involved in the specific surgery. This would include the chief of surgery, a colleague
of the surgeon who operated on Mr. Smith, two operating room nurses (one who was at the surgery and another who was not); two pre-op nurses (again, the one involved
with the surgery and the other who is not) and someone from the administrative side, who schedules the surgery. Also helpful would be a former surgical patient who had a
corrected surgery. The point here is not to point fingers or blame, but rather, to figure out what went wrong. The surgeons,
administrative personnel and uninvolved nurses can speak to the general procedures from the time a patient checks in for surgery until he or she is cleared to leave the hospital.
The nurses involved in the surgery can speak to what processes went on that day, and what problems were uncovered. The former patient can also speak to this issue, and
can add to the scenario from the patient point of view. Again, the point here is not to point fingers (the hospitals legal department will work on that), but to
find out where the process broke down, and then try to ensure that breakdown wont happen again. The chances are pretty good, however,
that the breakdown came from a lack of clear communication between the teams. Braaf et al (2011) point out, for example, that a lack of documents and documentation among healthcare
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