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What should the circulator do with the item that is passed off or dropped from the surgical field?
What is the circulator should retrieve it, show it to the scrub person, isolate it from the field, and include it in the final count?
Where are RSIs most often located?
What is Abdomen and Pelvis?
When should non-radiopaque, gauze dressing materials be added to the sterile field?
When is after the surgical wound is closed and the final count is complete?
How should individual pieces of instruments that are commonly taken apart be accounted for?
What is individually and on the count sheet?
What is a retrospective process for identifying basic or causal factors underlying variation in performance, including the occurrence or possible occurrence of a sentinel event referred to as?
What is root cause analysis?
What is the most retained surgical item?
What is surgical sponge?
When can we use a radiopaque sponge as a dressing?
What is never?
When should sharps and miscellaneous items used in the surgical wound be inspected for breakage or fragmentation?
What is immediately on removal from the surgical site?
HOW SHOULD ITEMS BE COUNTED WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROCEDURES OR STERILE FIELDS?
WHAT IS COUNT ALL TOGETHER AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE CASE?
For what procedures should sharps and miscellaneous items used in the surgical wound be counted?
What is all procedures, including vaginal deliveries?
Where should all radiopaque surgical soft goods placed in the surgical wound or other cavities should be documented?
What is the dry erase Count board?
What should be used to record instruments during the count?
What is a preprinted count sheet?
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH PACKAGES THAT CONTAIN AN INCORRECT NUMBER OF ITEMS?
WHAT IS REMOVE THEM FROM THE FIELD AND DO NOT INCLDUE THEM IN THE COUNT
What is the item most often miscounted?
What are surgical needles?
How should laps and sponges be bagged for counting off the field by the circulator?
What is individually and with the radiopaque portion visible when possible?
For which procedures should instruments be counted?
What is all procedures in which a body cavity is entered?
Who should be notified about missing items in an unresolved count discrepancy in addition to the team in the room?
Who is environmental services personnel and the next perioperative team in the room?
What is the appropriate sequence of counting softs, sharps and instruments?
What is sterile field, mayo stand, sterile back table, and off the field?
When is it acceptable to alter radiopaque surgical soft goods?
What is never?
If a personnel other than the circulator opens a suture packet for the scrub person, who is responsible for relaying that information to the circulator?
Who is the personnel that opened the packet and the scrub person?