Miscount incidents: a novel approach to exploring risk factors for unintentionally retained surgical items.

Timothy J. Judson; Michael D. Howell; Charlotte Guglielmi; Elena Canacari; Kenneth Sands

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Miscount incidents: a novel approach to exploring risk factors for unintentionally retained surgical items.

October 2, 2013

Judson TJ, Howell MD, Guglielmi C, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39(10):468-474.

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Case duration and the number of providers involved in a given operation were independent risk factors for retained surgical items, according to this prospective cohort study of nearly 24,000 procedures at a single academic institution.

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