Here are four points:
1. For Q4, the rate of wrong site, side, patient, procedure and implant was 0.031 per 1,000 ASC admissions.
2. The figure is up from 0.022 per 1,000 ASC admissions in Q2 2016.
3. During Q3 2016, this rate totaled 0.027.
4. There were 0.028 of these instances per 1,000 ASC admissions in Q1 2016.
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