Category of wrong site surgery | Near-misses, n (% of total) | Near-misses prevented by the checklist, n (% of individual category of wrong site surgery) | Actual harm, n (%) | Actual harm prevented by the checklist, n (% of individual category of wrong site surgery) |
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wrong patient | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
wrong side block | 7 (5.8) | 7 (100.0) | 5 (41.7) | 5 (100.0) |
wrong side marked on consent form | 50 (41.3) | 4 (8.0) | 2 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) |
wrong side marked on patient | 9 (7.4)) | 4 (44.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
wrong side prosthesis | 2 (1.7) | 2 (100.0) | 3 (25.0) | 3 (100.0) |
wrong side surgery | 1 (0.8) | 1 (100.0) | 2 (16.7) | 2 (100.0) |
wrong side marked on theatre list | 51 (42.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Total | 121 (100.0) | 18 (14.9) | 12 (100.0) | 10 (100.0) |