TMLEP Clinical Updates
TMLEP’s Clinical Updates are provided in order to raise awareness of clinical risk issues and to reduce incidence recurrence and improve patient safety. Facts have been anonymised to maintain data confidentiality, however learning points remain applicable.
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A Clinical Risk Case Study- Failure to Treat a Hand Injury Appropriately
05 February 2018The Patient attended Accident and Emergency in the early hours of the morning, two days after sustaining an injury to the left hand, suffering cuts to both the index and middle finger.
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A Clinical Risk Case Study- Failure to Perform the Consented Procedure
19 January 2018A 40-year-old woman had been suffering from symptoms of mid-cycle pain for some 13 years, therefore her GP subsequently referred her for gynaecology review. On review, she was diagnosed with cysts on both ovaries.
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A Clinical Risk Case Study- Tourniquet Injury
03 January 2018Tourniquet use is commonplace in surgery to create a bloodless field and facilitate the procedure. Unfortunately, tourniquet related injuries can sometimes occur ranging from temporary skin abrasions or bruising, through to full thickness burns and skin loss.
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A Clinical Risk Case Study – Failure to recognise a Fistula in the Oesophagus
30 November 2017A complaint was raised that there was a failure to recognise a fistula in the patient’s oesophagus, resulting in food particles spilling over into the chest cavity causing the patient’s death.