Alert on Surgical Items Left Behind in Patients
Safety Net
English - December 30, 2023 17:00 - 8 minutes - 16.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine patient safety medmal medical malpractice error professional liability crico crico/rmf Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In late 2023, the Academic Medical Center Patient Safety Organization issued an advisory noting a spike in reports of retained surgical items. A retained surgical item is patient safety lingo for when the surgical team leaves something like a sponge or a tool inside the patient after surgery. These events may lead to serious harm, such as sepsis, prolonged hospitalization, the need for subsequent surgery, or death.