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Table 4 Percent of cases with an error for service lines with a minimum 20 cases

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

Service Line

Cases with no error

Cases with an error

total cases

% with an error

PLA

27

20

47

42.55%

ORTH

36

24

60

40.00%

OPHTH

52

18

70

25.71%

GEN

54

16

70

22.86%

ENT

99

28

127

22.05%

URO

53

13

66

19.70%

GI

42

2

44

4.55%

  1. PLA, plastics; ORTH, orthopedics; OPHTH, ophthalmology; GEN, general; ENT, otolaryngology; URO, urology; GI, gastroenterology