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Effectiveness Of Simulation On Knowledge And Practice Regarding Surgical Count Performance Among Staff Nurses Working In Operation Theatre Of Selected Hospitals In Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada

, and . Weekly Science Research Journal, (May 2014)

Abstract

Nurses play a significant role in surgical safety measures. A serious post operative complication that threatens patient safety is the retention of an item used during surgery. The scrub and circulating nurse are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of counts and documentation of all items used for surgery. Any strategy to improve counting methods should be tested and evaluated among nurses working in the operation room setting.

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