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The Canaries Are Dying In Canadian Hospitals
Category: Seeing Clearly Now
Would you agree that nurses would probably be the most knowledgeable folks about the frequency of serious medical errors in hospitals? It seems to me they would be at the ground floor level throughout hospitals and most aware of the mistakes that are occurring.
Well, 74% of Canadian nurses think it is likely a patient will experience a serious medical error in a hospital. Yes, that is three-quarters of them.
Canadians afraid of medical errors and environmental factors affecting health
A new poll suggests most Canadians believe a serious medical error might occur at a Canadian hospital.The poll reveals 60 per cent of Canadians fear an error may be made while undergoing medical treatment.
Sixty per cent of public, 40 per cent of doctors, 62 per cent of pharmacists, 74 per cent of nurses, and 77 per cent of managers think it is likely that someone might be subjected to a serious medical error while in a Canadian hospital.
If 74% of the canaries in coal mines flopped over dead who would be willing to walk into mines? Maybe that's why they no longer use the canaries. But, we can't do without the nurses. (Of course, if they are responsible for most of the errors, we should ban a few.)
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