US Surgeons make 4,000 mistakes a year - due to fatigue

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This is quite a small % considering that more than 53 million surgeries are done yearly.   According to Dr. Blaylock in a Newsmax health article and video, this came out online on Journal of Surgery.  The errors included operating on the wrong site, or sewing up with sponge or towel inside the patient.  Those horror/funny story we hear.

Some employ pokeyoke technques (Japanese quality tool)  to prevent errors (making pentel marks on the body of the patient to assure the correct site (the right of the dr is the left of the patient  -  now we get the idea.  Workers mistakes can happen to a surgeon too.)

But these are preventable.  Dr. Blaylock has advice how...

Johns Hopkins: US Surgeons' Shocking Errors; Bacteria Causes Weight Gain; Blue Cheese: Longevity Secret; More

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Subject: Johns Hopkins: US Surgeons' Shocking Errors; Bacteria Causes Weight Gain; Blue Cheese: Longevity Secret; More

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