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The New England journal of medicine, 2010-09, Vol.363 (10), p.978-986
2010

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The Disclosure Dilemma — Large-Scale Adverse Events
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  • The New England journal of medicine, 2010-09, Vol.363 (10), p.978-986
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Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
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2010
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  • Some adverse events such as a failure to disinfect medical equipment have the potential to harm many patients. The authors argue that medical institutions should develop policies for addressing large-scale adverse events and should routinely disclose these events to patients, even when the risk of harm is very low. In 2003, the infection-control staff of a Toronto teaching hospital realized that the sterility of prostate-biopsy equipment had been inadvertently compromised by incomplete cleaning. 1 Although the risk of infectious transmission was considered very low, hospital officials could not be certain that hundreds of men had not been exposed to harmful pathogens. The hospital faced a dilemma: should they disclose this adverse event that may have harmed many patients (a large-scale adverse event)? Or should they not disclose the event if the risk of harm was remote and if the disclosure would primarily cause anxiety to patients who would ultimately not . . .

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