Retained surgical sponges: a descriptive study of 319 occurrences and contributing factors from 2012 to 2017
Abstract 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 sponge...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Patient Safety in Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13037-018-0166-0 |