Key result
Revised AORN guideline updates communication, counting, and technology recommendations to prevent retained surgical items.
Why the study?
Retained surgical items are adverse events affecting patients and surgical teams, prompting a review of the revised AORN guideline to help standardize prevention processes.
This article reviews the revised AORN guideline for preventing unintentionally retained surgical items through interdisciplinary teamwork and standardized counting procedures.
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Updated AORN recommendations may guide perioperative teams to reduce retained items; leaves open prospective validation of adjunct technologies.
Karen Cochran (2022) conducted a review in Unintentionally retained surgical items (RSIs). AORN Guideline for prevention of unintentionally retained surgical items was evaluated. The revised AORN guideline provides updated recommendations on interdisciplinary communication, standard counting procedures, and adjunct technology to prevent unintentionally retained surgical items.
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