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Table 3 Surgical cases with errors by case type (IP vs. OP)

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 with no errors

Cases with an error

total

percent

Inpatient

63

47

110

42.73%

Outpatient

348

100

448

22.32%

total

411

147

558

26.34%