Items Tagged ‘lost sponge’

March 8, 2013

What surgeons leave behind costs some patients dearly

By Logan Lafferty

A separate study published the same year by doctors at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic found that counts failed to show anything amiss in 68% of cases where a sponge was lost. “When you’re counting multiple objects over a longer course of time, such as an operation, and you have significant competing priorities and tasks that need […]

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