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The complex nature of the injuries and management by multiple specialities could be a potential source of medical errors and never events (NEs). Awareness of the common NEs could potentially help prevent their occurrence in the future.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>OBJECTIVE:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To analyse the NHS England database to identify the common NEs in hand surgery and present a simple, practical safety checklist for hand surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The NHS NEs database from 2012 to 2021 has been analysed to identify the common hand surgery-related never events. We identified the common categories and themes within. Our theme development process is based on anatomical considerations and the nature of the incidents. Additionally, we designed a simple Safety Checklist for hand surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We identified a total of 3742 never events with 50 incidents related to hand surgery, representing (1.3%). Wrong-site surgery was the commonest category (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a030), representing 60% of the hand surgery-related NEs. We identified seven different themes under wrong-site surgery. Wrong finger or digit surgery was the commonest theme, with 17 reported incidents representing 57% of wrong-site surgeries. This is followed by five wrong digits injections and three wrong k wire placements representing 16.6% and 10%, respectively. The second most common category was wrong incisions (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a015), representing 30%; 13 patients had wrong finger incisions. Two patients had carpal tunnel incisions before surgeons realised that the procedures were for trigger finger release.\u00a0The third category included four wrong procedures, with two incidents of carpal tunnel release instead of trigger finger operation or Dequervain tendon release. Finally, one patient had an injection for carpal tunnel intended for another patient.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Hand surgery-related NEs represent a small fraction (1.3%) of all NEs within the NHS database. We identified 50 hand surgery-related NEs arranged into 14 different themes. 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