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Guidelines in Practice: Prevention of Unintentionally Retained Surgical Items.

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "AORN journal"

DOI: 10.1002/aorn.13804

Abstract: Retained surgical items (RSIs) are adverse events that can affect patients, surgeons, and nurses. Interdisciplinary teams should work to standardize surgical item accounting processes and help all perioperative team members prevent RSIs. AORN recently revised… read more here.

Keywords: prevention unintentionally; surgical items; rsis; unintentionally retained ... See more keywords
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Unintentionally Retained Guidewires: A Descriptive Study of 73 Sentinel Events.

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recommendations! 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
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Unintentionally Retained Foreign Objects: A Descriptive Study of 308 Sentinel Events and Contributing Factors.

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety"

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.09.001

Abstract: OBJECTIVE Unintentionally retained foreign objects (URFOs) remain the sentinel events most frequently reported to The Joint Commission. The objective of this study was to describe reports of URFOs, including the types of objects, anatomic locations,… read more here.

Keywords: retained foreign; joint commission; contributing factors; foreign objects ... See more keywords
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Unintentionally retained vascular devices: improving recognition and removal.

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Diagnostic and interventional radiology"

DOI: 10.5152/dir.2017.16369

Abstract: The increased demand for minimally invasive placement of intravascular medical devices has led to increased procedure-related complications, including retention of all or part of the implanted device. A number of risk factors can predispose to… read more here.

Keywords: devices improving; vascular devices; removal; retained vascular ... See more keywords