Medical errors can have devastating consequences for patients, and one of the most alarming errors is the retention of surgical items in a patient’s body after surgery. Retained surgical items (RSIs) ...

1 / 2 Show Caption + Womack Army Medical Center Department of Surgery Team pose with Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: Prevention of RSI award on May 30.

Patients in the hospital for surgeries had better outcomes in 2024 than they did in 2019, according to a new report released ...