Gossypiboma: tales of lost sponges and lessons learned.

Lisa K McIntyre

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Gossypiboma: tales of lost sponges and lessons learned.

September 1, 2010

McIntyre LK. Archives of Surgery. 2010;145(8).

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This study describes successful efforts to reduce retained surgical sponges after implementing protocol changes to improve the system.

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