Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Medical error: wrong kidney transplanted

Wrong-site and wrong surgeries continue to be a rare yet persistent form of medical error at hospitals across the United States. A recent case involved a kidney transplant patient getting the wrong kidney. The patient was not injured because, luckily, the kidney was a fairly close match, but the mistake could have been fatal. It led officials at the University of Southern California's University

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