Showing posts with label Pressure Ulcers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pressure Ulcers. Show all posts

Aug 31, 2010

Top Three Most Costly Medical Errors

The following are annual numbers from 2008 for preventable medical errors. The first one is usually from not turning patients in bed.

1. Pressure ulcers - 374,964 errors, $10,288 per error, $3.86 billion total.
2. Postoperative infections - 252,695 errors, $14,548 per error, $3.68 billion total.
3. Mechanical complication of a device, implant, or graft - 60,380 errors, $18,771 per error, $1.13 billion total.