Sun.May 16, 2021

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Running circles around patient safety

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By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA. According the USA today , 42,060 people died due to auto accidents in the United States in 2020. In comparison, Yale University used revised criteria to define death due to preventable medical error and found that 22,000 patients were lost in 2020 due to needless mistakes. Both the auto and healthcare statistics are causes for alarm and have prompted professionals in each area to develop methods to reduce the tragic and unnecessary loss of life.