From: Patient safety awareness among 309 surgeons in Enugu, Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey
Wrong-site surgery | N = 309 | |
---|---|---|
Yes | No | |
n (%) | n (%) | |
Ever witnessed wrong-site surgery | 26 (8.4) | 283 (91.6) |
Awareness of any institutional protocol for preventing wrong-site surgery | 120 (38.8) | 189 (61.2) |
Practice of any institutional protocol for preventing wrong-site surgery | Frequency(n) | Percentage (%) |
 Never | 151 | 48.9 |
 Rarely | 50 | 16.2 |
 Sometimes | 37 | 12.0 |
 Often | 36 | 11.6 |
 Regularly | 35 | 11.3 |
 Total | 309 | 100% |