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Report finds hospital mistakes persist
Quality Improvement Monitor, November 2, 2007
Even though hospitals in Massachusetts have spent the last decade trying to prevent surgical errors, an analysis by the Boston Globe found that between January of 2005 and September of 2007, doctors operated on the wrong site or wrong patient 36 times.
Thirty-eight cases of sponges, surgical instruments, or other pieces of equipment left inside patients were reported to the state Department of Public Health, the Globe said.
In most instances, patients did not suffer long-term physical harm, but many had to undergo second surgeries to correct problems while others experienced pain before objects were removed, the Globe reported.
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