Tech in Surgery Prep / Unit 10 TSC 226 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why We Count
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The idea
Surgical counts exist to make sure no sponge, sharp, small item or instrument is unintentionally left inside a patient.
In practice
The scrub person and circulating nurse count together, and the surgeon examines the wound before closing; each check covers the others.
Where people slip
A retained surgical item is treated as an event that should never happen, which is why counting is never skipped for convenience.
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