never events
They are known as "never events"—the kind of mistake that should never happen in medicine, like operating on the wrong patient or sewing someone up with a sponge still inside—yet new research suggests that they happen with alarming frequency.
Other examples of "never events" that have nevertheless happened include amputation of the wrong limb and insemination with the wrong donor sperm. Items inadvertently left behind in a patient after surgery are sometimes called "surgical souvenirs."
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