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Counting Difficulties: Retained Instruments, Sponges, and Needles

Author(s) -

Jackson Sarah,

Brady Sharon

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

aorn journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1878-0369

pISSN - 0001-2092

DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2007.07.023

Subject(s) - malpractice , medicine , general surgery , gossypiboma , medical emergency , surgery , foreign bodies , political science , law

PATIENTS IN WHOM A SPONGE or instrument is left after surgery may suffer complications including pain, infection, abscess, or intestinal obstruction. CONSEQUENCES OF RETAINED ITEMS for surgical team members may include malpractice lawsuits and adverse actions from the National Practitioner Data Bank and state licensing board. ADHERENCE TO AORN recommended practices for counting and facility counting policies can protect both patients and practitioners. AORN J 87 (February 2008) 315‐321. © AORN, Inc, 2008.

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