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Reducing the incidence of retained surgical instrument fragments.
Reece M, Troeleman ND, McGowan JE, Furuno JP. AORN J. 2011;94:301-304.

This article describes a surgical safety program that identifies and tracks damaged surgical instruments to prevent retained items.
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