Patient Safety Tips

Patient safety is a top priority at AAOS. Each edition of the AAOS Bulletin offers readers suggestions on how to contribute to an improved patient safety environment.

• One More Turn of the Wrench"
  James H. Herndon, MD, Presidential Address, 2003 Annual Meeting

Patient Safety Tips from AAOS Bulletin

• Preventing Falls Patient Safety Tip
• Turn Problems into Pearls that Help Patients
• Computerized Order Entry Systems
• Surgical Errors, Will They Increase
• Best Practice vs. Actual Practice
• Risk of Distraction
• "Time Out"
• Risk Factors for Retained Instruments and Sponges After Surgery
• Professional Liability Committee Continues Study of Medical Errors
• More Patient Safety Tips