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Guideline implementation: prevention of retained surgical items. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Guideline implementation: prevention of retained surgical items. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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  • Commentary
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  • Published July 2016

Guideline implementation: prevention of retained surgical items.

    Although incidents involving retained surgical items are rare, they continue to occur. This commentary reviews guidance for perioperative nurses to reduce risks of this sentinel event. The author outlines steps to improve safety such as team accountability, standardized surgical sponge counts, and reconciling count discrepancies.
















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