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Novel robotic training program reduces physician errors placing central lines - EurekAlert
More than five million central lines are placed in patients who need prolonged drug delivery, such as those undergoing cancer treatments, in the United States every year, yet the common procedure can lead to a bevy of complications in almost a million of those cases. Penn State researchers developed an robotic simulation training program to provide trainee physicians with more practice on the procedure. A year after deploying the program at the Penn State College of Medicine, the team found that all complication types — mechanical issues, infections and blood clots — were significantly lower.
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