• Aust Nurs J · Apr 1999

    Case Reports

    Defending negligence claims.

    • A Langslow.
    • Aust Nurs J. 1999 Apr 1;6(9):32-3.

    AbstractWhen a surgical patient suffers injury away from the operative site, an inference is raised that care has fallen below a reasonable standard in the operating room. This was the central issue in Robertson v Hospital Corporation of America, a 'positioning' case heard in 1995 that should interest perioperative nurses and place further expert opinion in the operating room arena. The previous year, a United States court accepted expert evidence that the 'ultimate' responsibility for protection against ulnar nerve injury during a bilateral mastectomy lay with the anaesthetist.

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