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Answer:
a
According to the Joint Commission, 40 wrong-site, wrong-procedure and wrong-
patient surgeries are performed every week. Wrong-site surgery is included in the
list of adverse events, also known as sentinel or never events, originally described
by the National Quality Forum and later adopted by Medicare. More than one-fifth
(21%) of hand surgeons said they'd operated on the wrong site at least once in
their careers, according to a survey by the American Academy of Orthopedic
Surgeons (AAOS).
Which surgical specialty has
the most wrong-site surgeries?
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