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

BACKGROUND: Unintended retention of foreign bodies remain the most frequently reported sentinel events. Surgical sponges account for the majority of these retained items. The purpose of this study was to describe reports of unintentionally retained surgical sponges (RSS): the types of sponges, anato...

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Autores principales: Steelman, Victoria M., Shaw, Clarissa, Shine, Laurel, Hardy-Fairbanks, Abbey J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6027759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988638
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-018-0166-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6027759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988638
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-018-0166-0

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