Preventing Wrong Site Surgery: A Systems Approach

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Preventing Wrong Site Surgery: A Systems Approach

Wrong site surgery is a problem that has existed for as long as surgery has been used to treat various conditions. When surgeons perform surgery on the wrong part of the body, it is deemed as wrong site surgery. Wrong site surgery covers the following categories:

• Surgery carried out of paired organs such as kidneys, eyes and even limbs. Here, the surgeon operates on the wrong organ. For example, instead of operating on the right eye, the surgery is completed on the left eye.
• The second category is where the right organ is operated upon but the surgery is done in the wrong location.…