Mass. panel reviews cataract surgery adverse events, makes recommendations for prevention
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week -- A team of specialists in anesthesiology, ophthalmology and patient safety convened in response to a series of injuries to patients receiving cataract surgery has reported its findings regarding factors contributing to those and other adverse events and strategies for preventing patient harm in such procedures. In two papers published online in Anesthesia & Analgesia, investigators from the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety, a Massachusetts state agency, detail adverse events associated with cataract surgery in the state over a five-year period, pinpoint factors underlying those events and make recommendations for improvements in patient safety. These papers expand on the expert panel report published by the Betsy Lehman Center in May 2016.
“No medical procedure is immune from human error, and cataract surgery - one of the safest and most commonly performed procedures in the country - offers a clear case in point,” says Karen Nanji, MD, MPH, of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, corresponding author of both papers. “In medicine, it’s virtually impossible to eliminate 100 percent of errors, since advances such as new medications and procedures bring new …
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(2017-12-03), Mass. panel reviews cataract surgery adverse events, makes recommendations for prevention, Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week, 411, ISSN: 1537-1417, BUTTER® ID: 014743298