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Area of Science:

  • Medical Safety
  • Surgical Risk Management
  • Urology

Background:

  • Wrong site surgery is a leading sentinel event in healthcare.
  • Misinterpretation of clinical notes and radiology reports commonly leads to surgical errors.
  • This study addresses the critical issue of preventing wrong-site procedures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate documentation accuracy for kidney, ureter, and testis surgeries.
  • To identify potential pitfalls in pre-operative documentation leading to wrong-site surgery.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of current safety protocols.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 150 surgical cases (50 each for kidney, ureter, testis).
  • Review of 803 clinic letters, consent forms, and radiology reports.
  • Detailed examination of side documentation for potential discrepancies.

Main Results:

  • 8.71% of clinic letters lacked side documentation; 5 had incorrect side mentions.
  • Radiology reports omitted side in 3 cases and reported incorrectly in 2.
  • No wrong site was consented for, and no wrong site surgery occurred.

Conclusions:

  • Inconsistent side documentation in clinic letters, consent forms, and theatre lists poses a risk.
  • Explicitly stating the surgical side in all documentation is essential to prevent misinterpretation.
  • The WHO surgical safety checklist effectively reduces wrong-site surgeries.