Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care

Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care

9 subcategoryies

Failure of sterile precautions during surgical operation

Failure of sterile precautions during infusion or transfusion

Failure of sterile precautions during kidney dialysis and other perfusion

Failure of sterile precautions during injection or immunization

Failure of sterile precautions during endoscopic examination

Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterization

Failure of sterile precautions during aspiration, puncture and other catheterization

Failure of sterile precautions during other surgical and medical care

Failure of sterile precautions during unspecified surgical and medical care

Failure in dosage during surgical and medical care

9 subcategoryies

Excessive amount of blood or other fluid given during transfusion or infusion

Incorrect dilution of fluid used during infusion

Overdose of radiation given during therapy

Inadvertent exposure of patient to radiation during medical care

Failure in dosage in electroshock or insulin-shock therapy

Inappropriate temperature in local application and packing

Underdosing and nonadministration of necessary drug, medicament or biological substance

Failure in dosage during other surgical and medical care

Failure in dosage during unspecified surgical and medical care

Contaminated medical or biological substances

4 subcategoryies

Contaminated medical or biological substance, transfused or infused

Contaminated medical or biological substance, injected or used for immunization

Contaminated medical or biological substance administered by other means

Contaminated medical or biological substance administered by unspecified means

Other misadventures during surgical and medical care

7 subcategoryies

Mismatched blood in transfusion

Wrong fluid used in infusion

Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation

Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure

Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument

Performance of wrong procedure (operation)

3 subcategoryies

Performance of wrong procedure (operation) on correct patient

Performance of procedure (operation) on patient not scheduled for surgery

Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side or body part

Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care

Nonadministration of surgical and medical care

Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care