From: Addressing the important error of missing surgical items in an operated patient
Device | Consequence | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Severe | Mild | No | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Textile | 9 | 42.86 | 13 | 27.66 | 20 | 25.97 | 42 | 28.97 |
Needle | 2 | 9.52 | 13 | 27.66 | 26 | 33.77 | 41 | 28.28 |
Instruments | 4 | 19.05 | 8 | 17.02 | 18 | 23.38 | 30 | 20.69 |
Clip marker | 1 | 4.76 | 2 | 4.26 | 1 | 1.30 | 4 | 2.76 |
Drain | 2 | 9.52 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2 | 1.38 |
Dental prosthesis | 1 | 4.76 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | 0.69 |
Vein-cannula | 1 | 4.76 | 2 | 4.26 | 4 | 5.19 | 7 | 4.83 |
Bougie | 1 | 4.76 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | 0.69 |
Wire | Â | Â | 2 | 4.26 | 3 | 3.90 | 5 | 3.45 |
Tourniquet | Â | Â | 1 | 2.13 | Â | Â | 1 | 0.69 |
Scalpel | Â | Â | 1 | 2.13 | 2 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.07 |
Syringe | Â | Â | 1 | 2.13 | Â | Â | 1 | 0.69 |
Globe | Â | Â | 1 | 2.13 | Â | Â | 1 | 0.69 |
Drill | Â | Â | 3 | 6.38 | 2 | 2.60 | 5 | 3.45 |
Trocar valve | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | 1.30 | 1 | 0.69 |
Total | 21 | 14.48 | 47 | 32.41 | 77 | 53.10 | 145 |