wrong-site surgery
- noun
- Specialized
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- Implementing strict protocols is essential to avoid any instances ofwrong-site surgery during medical procedures.
Examples
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They range from wrong-site surgery and serious medication errors to patient falls, severe bedsores, injuries caused by medical devices, and abduction or sexual assault involving a patient.
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Some of the recommendations were: - Hospitals should use computer physician order entry systems - Hospitals should follow JCAHO guidelines to prevent wrong site surgery - Hospitals and medical practices should limit physicians' workweeks to reduce fatigue-induced error.
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Doctors work diligently to prevent awrong-site surgery, which can cause significant harm to patients.
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Awrong-site surgery can lead to unnecessary complications and prolonged recovery for the patient.
How Rough
- Specialized
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
wrong-site + surgery
The term is transparently compositional: 'wrong-site' denotes the incorrect location/site and combined with 'surgery' yields 'a surgical procedure performed at the wrong location.' A B1 learner who knows 'wrong', 'site', and 'surgery' can readily infer this meaning since the structure is predictable and mirrors equivalent phrases in other languages.
Etymology
Wrong-site surgery comes from a clear, shocking image: a surgeon starts an operation on the wrong-site because the correct spot was not marked or checked. That's why it means 'to operate on the wrong part of the body'.
