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dc.contributor.authorSt. John, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorGoldberg, Dori
dc.contributor.authorMaloney, Mary E.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:08:20.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T15:51:28Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T15:51:28Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-01
dc.date.submitted2017-02-17
dc.identifier.citationDermatol Surg. 2016 Apr;42(4):477-84. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000000683. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000000683">Link to article on publisher's site</a>
dc.identifier.issn1076-0512 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/DSS.0000000000000683
dc.identifier.pmid26990257
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/28907
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Although the field of dermatology has a relatively low incidence of medical errors, dermatologic surgery is a major area where medical errors occur. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to catalog the many cutaneous site identification techniques used by practitioners and determine which techniques are most evidence based. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A comprehensive literature review of cutaneous surgical site identification techniques and medical errors in dermatology. RESULTS: Wrong-site surgery often occurs because of an inability to identify the surgical site because of factors such as inadequate documentation from referring physicians, well-healed scars obscuring the biopsy site, and a patient's inability to visualize the surgical site. Practitioners use techniques such as photography, dermabrasion, written descriptions using anatomic landmarks, and site identification protocols for surgical site identification. CONCLUSION: Site identification remains a challenge for dermatologists and is a leading cause of medical errors in this field. Patients are often unreliable in their ability to identify biopsy sites; therefore, practitioners must take a proactive role to ensure that medical errors do not occur. This article provides a thorough description and evaluation of current site identification techniques used in dermatology with the aim to improve quality of care and reduce medical errors.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=26990257&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a>
dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000000683
dc.subjectDermatology
dc.titleAvoiding Medical Errors in Cutaneous Site Identification: A Best Practices Review
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleDermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.]
dc.source.volume42
dc.source.issue4
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1138
dc.identifier.contextkey9706553
html.description.abstract<p>BACKGROUND: Although the field of dermatology has a relatively low incidence of medical errors, dermatologic surgery is a major area where medical errors occur.</p> <p>OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to catalog the many cutaneous site identification techniques used by practitioners and determine which techniques are most evidence based.</p> <p>MATERIALS AND METHODS: A comprehensive literature review of cutaneous surgical site identification techniques and medical errors in dermatology.</p> <p>RESULTS: Wrong-site surgery often occurs because of an inability to identify the surgical site because of factors such as inadequate documentation from referring physicians, well-healed scars obscuring the biopsy site, and a patient's inability to visualize the surgical site. Practitioners use techniques such as photography, dermabrasion, written descriptions using anatomic landmarks, and site identification protocols for surgical site identification.</p> <p>CONCLUSION: Site identification remains a challenge for dermatologists and is a leading cause of medical errors in this field. Patients are often unreliable in their ability to identify biopsy sites; therefore, practitioners must take a proactive role to ensure that medical errors do not occur. This article provides a thorough description and evaluation of current site identification techniques used in dermatology with the aim to improve quality of care and reduce medical errors.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathfaculty_pubs/1138
dc.contributor.departmentDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine
dc.source.pages477-84


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