Medical errors
This is one of the areas of medical profession, which keeps them under tremendous pressure, especially the specialists. Many countries have this problem, there are many cases where a cancer drug was provided instead of the drug for some other ailment, instruments were left in the body, operation was performed on wrong limb/eye because of lack of co-ordination among the medical staff. In Saudi Arabia we have people from different countries working together in a single place. Hence it is important that the communication should be clear. The employees should undergo regular refresher courses on understanding various factors leading to medical errors. A good labelling system should be in place. A proper integrated approach will definitely help in reducing the number of medical errors.
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