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  2. Retained surgical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Atul A. Gawande, a surgeon, said in an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine that "even though you're following procedures, the priority is the patient, not the procedures." [23] A new technique that is developing is similar to the Bar Code Medication Administration.

  3. Medical error - Wikipedia

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    Even though complex procedures entail more risk, adverse outcomes are not usually due to error, but to the severity of the condition being treated.) [45] [153] However, United States Pharmacopeia has reported that medication errors during the course of a surgical procedure are three times more likely to cause harm to a patient than those ...

  4. Wrongful dismissal - Wikipedia

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    Employer is not following the company's own termination procedures: In some cases, an employee handbook, company policy, or collective bargaining agreement outlines the procedure that must be followed before an employee is terminated. If the employer fires an employee without following required procedure, the employee may have a claim for ...

  5. Legitimate expectation - Wikipedia

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    A procedural legitimate expectation rests on the presumption that a public authority will follow a certain procedure in advance of a decision being taken, while a substantive legitimate expectation arises where an authority makes a lawful representation that an individual will receive or continue to receive some kind of substantive benefit.

  6. Iatrogenesis - Wikipedia

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    Patients who die during or after an operation will still be considered iatrogenic deaths, but the procedure itself remains a better bet than the probability of death if left untreated. Other situations may involve actual negligence or faulty procedures, such as when pharmacotherapists produce handwritten prescriptions for drugs.

  7. Trans surgeries increase risk of mental health conditions ...

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    The study focused on 107,583 patients 18 and over with gender dysphoria, some who underwent surgery and others who did not. Trans surgeries increase risk of mental health conditions, suicidal ...

  8. Informed consent - Wikipedia

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    A person may claim to understand the implications of some action, as part of consent, but in fact has failed to appreciate the possible consequences fully and may later deny the validity of the consent for this reason. Understanding needed for informed consent is present but is, in fact (through ignorance), not present.

  9. Intermittent fasting may help prevent blood clots - AOL

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    The procedures and methods used, such as using different types of mice or indole, could have affected the results, so replicating the findings and conducting additional research may be helpful.