| Surgical count practice variability and the potential for retained surgical items. | |
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PMID: 22283914 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Validating existing count practices and reducing individual practice variance are necessary to decrease the risk for retained surgical items. A quality improvement project was undertaken at one large city hospital to identify best practice and eliminate variability in count practices. The project included an analysis of 20 surgical count policies from hospitals across the country and a review of count practices among nurses and surgical technologists at the facility. Assessment of the policies and practices indicated that clinical practice requirements in the policies varied greatly, and there was a high degree of count practice variability among staff members. The facility OR manager and OR quality coordinator collaborated with staff nurses and surgical technologists to identify practices that created variability and then addressed each one to create a new count policy and reduce the risk of retained surgical items. |
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Authors:
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Elizabeth Morell Edel |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: AORN journal Volume: 95 ISSN: 1878-0369 ISO Abbreviation: AORN J Publication Date: 2012 Feb |
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Created Date: 2012-01-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372403 Medline TA: AORN J Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 228-38 Citation Subset: IM; N |
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Copyright © 2012 AORN, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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