Policy for Prevention of a Retained Sponge after Vaginal Delivery

Background. Policies for sponge count are not routine practice in most labor and delivery rooms. Ignored or hidden retained vaginal foreign bodies has potentially significant health care morbidity. Case. This was a case of a retained vaginal sponge following an uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal deli...

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Autores principales: Garry, David J., Asanjarani, Sandra, Geiss, Donna M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22312370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/317856
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description Background. Policies for sponge count are not routine practice in most labor and delivery rooms. Ignored or hidden retained vaginal foreign bodies has potentially significant health care morbidity. Case. This was a case of a retained vaginal sponge following an uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal delivery. Delivery room policy resulted in the discovery of the sponge on X-ray when an incorrect sponge count occurred and physical exam did not find the sponge. Conclusion. This emphasizes the use of protocols to enhance patient safety and prevent medical error.
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spelling pubmed-32705202012-02-06 Policy for Prevention of a Retained Sponge after Vaginal Delivery Garry, David J. Asanjarani, Sandra Geiss, Donna M. Case Rep Med Case Report Background. Policies for sponge count are not routine practice in most labor and delivery rooms. Ignored or hidden retained vaginal foreign bodies has potentially significant health care morbidity. Case. This was a case of a retained vaginal sponge following an uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal delivery. Delivery room policy resulted in the discovery of the sponge on X-ray when an incorrect sponge count occurred and physical exam did not find the sponge. Conclusion. This emphasizes the use of protocols to enhance patient safety and prevent medical error. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3270520/ /pubmed/22312370 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/317856 Text en Copyright © 2012 David J. Garry et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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