A patient is taken in for surgery on his right leg, but his left leg is operated on instead. who worked with the patient are involved in the root-cause analysis.

A wrong-site surgery is a serious safety event, so the root-cause analysis should examine the whole care process, not single out one job or person. Everyone involved in the patient’s care can provide relevant information about how the error occurred and how to prevent it. Therefore, the correct choice is “All healthcare professionals.”

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