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A fourteen-year old obese trauma patient is involved in an all terrain vehicle accident. He is taken to the operating room for a long initial operation which requires multiple procedures by the orthopedic, neurosurgery, plastic and general surgery teams. At the end of the procedure the final summary time out demonstrates that the needle/sponge/instrument count is incorrect.
Which of the following increases the risk of retained foreign body?
A multiple surgical procedures and teams.
B residents on the operating team.
C a critically ill child.
D imaging of the abdomen after the operation.
E bar coded sponges.
A fourteen-year old obese trauma patient is involved in an all terrain vehicle accident. He is taken to the operating room for a long initial operation which requires multiple procedures by the orthopedic, neurosurgery, plastic and general surgery teams. At the end of the procedure the final summary time out demonstrates that the needle/sponge/instrument count is incorrect.
Which of the following increases the risk of retained foreign body?
A multiple surgical procedures and teams.
B residents on the operating team.
C a critically ill child.
D imaging of the abdomen after the operation.
E bar coded sponges.
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