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Table 2 Medical errors committed or witnessed by surgical residents in Ibadan

From: Surgical residents as “second victims” following exposure to medical errors in a tertiary health training facility in Nigeria: a phenomenology study

Pre-operative stage errors

Intra-operative stage errors

Post-operative stage errors

Judgment/management

Errors in judgment/management

Delay in wound inspection

Error in drug administration

Technical errors

 
 

Delay in Surgery

 
 

Contamination

 
 

Errors in communication

 
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Patient Safety in Surgery

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