"Although hospitals have adopted “checklists” and other measures to reduce wrong-site surgeries, those measures alone haven’t eradicated human error"

http://www.countytimes.com/articles/2012/12/26/business/doc50daf14e28f3d496015359.txt

Surgical Errors Rise at Connecticut Hospitals

Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2012

By Lisa Chedekel,
Conn. Health I-Team Writer

Reports of wrong-site surgeries increased 62 percent in the past year in Connecticut hospitals, while the number of patient deaths or disabilities resulting from surgery or falls also rose, a new state report shows.

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Before 2010, wrong-site surgeries were relatively rare in Connecticut — there were only two reported statewide in 2009.

Cooper said she believes hospitals have increased their reporting of all adverse events, so that more errors are being publicly disclosed. Although hospitals have adopted “checklists” and other measures to reduce wrong-site surgeries, those measures alone haven’t eradicated human error, she said.