Journal of Surgery

Enes Bulut

Publications

• Research Article
  Surgical Count Implementations in the Operating Rooms: An Example from Turkey
  Author(s): Bahar Candas, Enes Bulut, Dilek Çilingir, Ayla Gürsoy, Melek Ertürk and Aydanur AydinBahar Candas, Enes Bulut, Dilek Çilingir, Ayla Gürsoy, Melek Ertürk and Aydanur Aydin
  
  Aim: Although retained foreign bodies are a rare and preventable problem, it is one of the medical errors in surgery can have heavy medico-legal consequences. Retained sponges can cause significant morbidity, prolonged hospital stay, postoperative complications, pain and disabilities. Also the costs associated with treatment of retained surgical items can be considerable. The study was undertaken to determine the current implementations related to instruments and sponges counts in the operating rooms in Turkey. Method: This descriptive study was carried out with 261 operating room nurses. The data collection tool was a questionnaire which was designed on the Google Drive application using the internet. Thereafter its internet link was distributed throughout Turkey using nursing, surgical nursing and operating room nursing social media websites.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.7438/1584-9341-13-2-2

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