Incidence and OR team awareness of “near-miss” and retained surgical sharps: a national survey on United States operating rooms

Incidence and OR team awareness of “near-miss” and retained surgical sharps: a national survey on United States operating rooms

Abstract Introduction A retained surgical sharp (RSS) is a never event and defined as a lost sharp (needle, blade, instrument, guidewire, metal fragment) that is not recovered prior to the patient leaving the operating room. A “near-miss” sharp (NMS) is an intraoperative event where there is a lost...

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Main Authors: Samuel A. Weprin, Dielle Meyer, Rui Li, Umberto Carbonara, Fabio Crocerossa, Fernando J. Kim, Riccardo Autorino, John E. Speich, Adam P. Klausner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Patient Safety in Surgery
Subjects:
“Near-miss”
Retained surgical item
Foreign body
Lost needle
Surgical sharps
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-021-00287-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-021-00287-5

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