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Archive > July, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 7

Back to Basics

No Sponges Left Behind

Charlene DiNobile, RN, MEd, CNOR, CNAA, CST; and Lisa Reed, CST, RN, MS, CNOR

You might have a surgical count policy, but reports of retained sponges, instruments and needles indicate that not everyone is sticking to the 6 C's of surgical counts.

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