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Specialty-SPECIFIC Risk ARTICLES

   

 

Specialty Risk: General Surgery

Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures
Samuel Esterkyn, MD, FACS

Prescription for Medication Safety
Miranda Felde, MHA, BSHCS, CPHRM, ARM, CRM, CIC, and Howard Marcus, MD, FACP
From The Doctor's Advocate

Dilaudid-Related Morbidity and Mortality from Respiratory Depression
Howard Marcus, MD, FACP
From The Doctor's Advocate

It Hurts
Susan Shepard, MSN, MA, RN

Preventing the Unexpected in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Susan Shepard, MSN, MA, RN, CPHRM, and Robin Diamond, MSN, JD, RN, AHA Fellow Patient Safety Leadership
From The Doctor's Advocate

Dermatology
Susan L. Marr, MSA, CPHRM

Patient Selection for Elective Procedures
Lois E. Kemp, MA, RN, LMT

Teamwork in the OR
Susan Shepard, MSN, MA, RN

Scar-The Trigger to the Claim
Mark Gorney, MD, FACS

Surgery: Foreign Object Retention
John K. Cherry, MD, FACS

Removing a Pigmented Skin Lesion
David Charles, MD

Also see our collection of informed consent forms for General Surgery.