Retained surgical sponges: a descriptive study of 319 occurrences and contributing factors from 2012 to 2017.

Conclusions: Because of the complexity of perioperative patient care, the multitude of contributing factors that are difficult to control, and the potential benefit of radiofrequency sponge detection, we recommend that this technology be considered in areas where surgery is performed and in Labor and Delivery. PMID: 29988638 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988638?dopt=Abstract

Source: Patient Safety in Surgery - July 12, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Steelman VM, Shaw C, Shine L, Hardy-Fairbanks AJ Tags: Patient Saf Surg Source Type: research

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