Unintentionally Retained Guidewires: A Descriptive Study of 73 Sentinel Events.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety"
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.08.003
Abstract: BACKGROUND Unintentionally retained foreign objects remain the sentinel events most frequently reported to The Joint Commission. Many of these objects are guidewires used to facilitate placement of catheters, tubes, and other devices. The purpose of… read more here.
Keywords: retained guidewires; joint commission; study; patient safety ... See more keywords