Becker's Healthcare November 14, 2024
Among 1,009 patients who underwent surgery in Massachusetts hospitals in 2018, 38% experienced an adverse event — of which 26% were potentially preventable, according to a study published Nov. 13 in BMJ.
To determine the frequency, severity and preventability of surgical complications, researchers from Harvard Medical School and Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital reviewed a sample from a dataset of 64,121 adults admitted for surgery across 11 Massachusetts hospitals. Nurses and physicians reviewed the 1,009 patient records.
The researchers found that, among 593 adverse events, 476 were either potentially or definitely preventable.
The most common adverse events were related to surgical procedures (49.3%), adverse drug events (26.6%), healthcare-associated infections (12.4%), patient care events (11.2%) and blood...
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