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STUDY
Incorrect surgical counts: a qualitative analysis.
Rowlands A, Steeves R. AORN J. 2010;92:410-419.
COMMENTARY
Reducing the incidence of retained surgical instrument fragments.
Reece M, Troeleman ND, McGowan JE, Furuno JP. AORN J. 2011;94:301-304.
COMMENTARY
Counting for patient safety.
Watson DS. AORN J. 2006;84:273-275.
STUDY
Risk factors associated with incorrect surgical counts.
Rowlands A. AORN J. 2012;96:272-284.
COMMENTARY
Implementing AORN recommended practices for prevention of retained surgical items.
Goldberg JL, Feldman DL. AORN J. 2012;95:205-219.
COMMENTARY
Retained surgical items and minimally invasive surgery.
Gibbs VC. World J Surg. 2011;35:1532-1539.
STUDY
Gossypiboma: tales of lost sponges and lessons learned.
McIntyre LK, Jurkovich GJ, Gunn MLD, Maier RV. Arch Surg. 2010;145:770-775.
STUDY
Governing the surgical count through communication interactions: implications for patient safety.
Riley R, Manias E, Polglase A. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:369-374.
REVIEW
Improving safety in the operating room: a systematic literature review of retained surgical sponges.
Wan W, Le T, Riskin L, Macario A. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2009;22:207-214.
REVIEW
Prevention of 3 "never events" in the operating room: fires, gossypiboma, and wrong-site surgery.
Zahiri HR, Stromberg J, Skupsky H, et al. Surg Innov. 2011;18:55-60.
COMMENTARY
A nurse-led approach to developing and implementing a collaborative count policy.
Norton EK, Micheli AJ, Gedney J, Felkerson TM. AORN J. 2012;95:222-227.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Statement on the prevention of retained foreign bodies after surgery.
Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons; October 2005.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
The wrong foot, and other tales of surgical error.
Altman LK. New York Times. December 11, 2001;1:1.
STUDYclassic
Incidence, patterns, and prevention of wrong-site surgery.
Kwaan MR, Studdert DM, Zinner MJ, Gawande AA. Arch Surg. 2006;141:353-358.
STUDY
Prevention of retained surgical sponges: a decision-analytic model predicting relative cost-effectiveness.
Regenbogen SE, Greenberg CC, Resch SC, et al. Surgery. 2009;145:527-535.
COMMENTARY
The lost sponge: patient safety in the operating room.
Grant-Orser A, Davies P, Singh SS. CMAJ. 2012;184:1275-1278.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Sponges, surgical instruments miscounted in 13% of surgeries.
O'Reilly KB. American Medical News. September 22, 2008;51:14.
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Incidence and characteristics of potential and actual retained foreign object events in surgical patients.
Cima RR, Kollengode A, Garnatz J, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2008;207:80-87. 
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