Commentary on “Rubber glove tourniquet—perhaps not so simple or safe?” by deBoer and Houpt
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EDITOR’S COMMENT Commentary on “Rubber glove tourniquet—perhaps not so simple or safe?” by deBoer and Houpt Ian Jackson Published online: 22 June 2007 # Springer-Verlag 2007 I congratulate the authors for presenting this disaster; many centers would have hidden this away. It is a very excellent reminder for us that we must always be on the lookout for errors that have been made in surgery. Many will look at this and point a finger. I look at it and say, “there but for the grace of God I could have gone on many occasions.” We always have to keep vigilant and institute methods that may prevent this. I use the word “may” deliberately because there is the human factor, and therefore, it is important that we are constantly aware of the possibility of medical error and strive to either eliminate or minimize the possibility of this happening with every case we operate on. Once again, many thanks and congratulations to the authors for their courage and their honesty. Eur J Plast Surg (2007) 30:93 DOI 10.1007/s00238-007-0145-7 This editor’ s comment refers to the article http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/ s00238-007-0144-8. I. Jackson (*) Institute for Craniofacial and Reconstructive Surgery, Third Floor Fisher Center, 16001 West Nince Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075, USA e-mail: [email protected]
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EDITOR’S COMMENT
Commentary on “Rubber glove tourniquet—perhapsnot so simple or safe?” by deBoer and Houpt
Ian Jackson
Published online: 22 June 2007# Springer-Verlag 2007
I congratulate the authors for presenting this disaster; manycenters would have hidden this away. It is a very excellentreminder for us that we must always be on the lookout forerrors that have been made in surgery. Many will look atthis and point a finger. I look at it and say, “there but for thegrace of God I could have gone on many occasions.” Wealways have to keep vigilant and institute methods that may
prevent this. I use the word “may” deliberately becausethere is the human factor, and therefore, it is important thatwe are constantly aware of the possibility of medical errorand strive to either eliminate or minimize the possibility ofthis happening with every case we operate on.
Once again, many thanks and congratulations to theauthors for their courage and their honesty.
Eur J Plast Surg (2007) 30:93DOI 10.1007/s00238-007-0145-7
This editor’s comment refers to the article http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00238-007-0144-8.
I. Jackson (*)Institute for Craniofacial and Reconstructive Surgery,Third Floor Fisher Center, 16001 West Nince Mile Road,Southfield, MI 48075, USAe-mail: [email protected]
