Prevention of retained surgical items

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 865-871

  Feldman, David L ^a  

^a Hospitals Insurance Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

patient safety; retained foreign bodies; retained sponges; retained surgical items; surgical safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TEAMWORK;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL SPONGES;

EID: 80855130362     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20299     Document Type: Article

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