From: Observed rates of surgical instrument errors point to visualization tasks as being a critically vulnerable point in sterile processing and a significant cause of lost chargeable OR minutes
Case type
Cases observed
Errors observed
Annual cases
Errors/year
Inpatient
110
88
15,950
12,760
Outpatient
448
144
11,046
3551
Total
558
232
26,996
16,311