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Prior to Sitemarx surgical site stamp, how are most physicians and institutions marking their patients?

April 26, 2017Institutions Patients physicians prior site sitemarx stamp surgical

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Prior to Sitemarx surgical site stamp, how are most physicians and institutions marking their patients?

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The majority of institutions around the country use sterile, disposable, felt pens available to the surgeons in the preoperative suite for patient site marking. Unfortunately, the manner in which different physicians are marking their patients is still resulting in wrong-site surgery errors. “‘The number of wrong site surgeries has gone up year after year,’ says Dennis O’Leary, President of the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations (JCAHO), …” USA Today, Robert Davis, 12/6/01. “Busy surgeons have removed the wrong kidney, sliced the wrong side of the brain and cut off the wrong leg.” USA Today, Robert Davis, 12/6/01. “Wrong site surgery is the fourth top sentinel event.” JCAHO Sentinel Event – Wrong Site Surgeries Sentinel Event Alert XXIV.