*Study of surgical flow and relationship to surgical errors in cardiovascular surgery setting. Calculation performed by Boston Scientific using published study data: 28 errors due to team having difficulty with the procedure or technique, out of 61 errors not immediately noticed plus 87 immediately noticed = 28/(61+87) = 18.9%.
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