Medical Standards

Understanding the medical standard of care is critical to proving malpractice. This section outlines the expectations for surgical drain management.

Surgical Environment

What is the Standard of Care?

The medical standard of care is generally defined as the level and type of care that a reasonably competent and skilled health care professional, with a similar background and in the same medical community, would have provided under the circumstances that led to the alleged malpractice.

It is not a standard of perfection, but rather a standard of competence.