Jackson, MI – Anesthesiologist Zeena Husain, M.D., and Deann Crawford, RN, with Henry Ford Allegiance Perioperative Services, have been honored with the Michigan Health & Hospital Association Keystone Center Speak-up! Award.
Due to their alertness and quick action, a serious surgical error was avoided.
The Henry Ford Allegiance Health surgical team was preparing a patient for a procedure to remove the right kidney. Following safety protocol, Nurse Crawford asked the patient to state which procedure was about to be done. The patient answered that the left kidney was being removed. Because this contradicted the related paperwork, Nurse Crawford immediately halted the process.
Dr. Husain, the anesthesiologist, reviewed the patient’s x-rays, which showed a mass on the patient’s left kidney. She reported the error to the surgeon, and the surgeon corrected the patient’s charting and marked the left side for surgery.
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