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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 , medical emergency , surgery , 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.