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Swab and instrument count practice: ways to enhance patient safety.
- Source :
- British Journal of Nursing; 6/12/2014, Vol. 23 Issue 11, p590-593, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This article presents the results of an audit o f swab and instrument count practices in the operating department o f a large hospital NHS Trust in South East England. A literature review o f the subject is presented followed by the methodology used including questionnaires and observation of practice. Findings are discussed in terms of compliance with the department’s swab and instrument count policy and observed practice mapped against the recommendations for best practice in the literature. The findings show that audit of practice is still treated with suspicion by many and that a number o f practices o f scrub and circulating personnel in operating theatres need to be improved. Recommendations are made related to improving staff development in the department and introducing clinical supervision as one way to provide support for colleagues to reflect on their practice and change to more evidence-based practices in the operating department. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AUDITING
COMMUNICATION
LEGAL compliance
DOCUMENTATION
HEALTH facility administration
MEDICAL errors
NATIONAL health services
SCIENTIFIC observation
OPERATING room nursing
OPERATING rooms
PATIENT safety
PROFESSIONS
QUESTIONNAIRES
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SURGEONS
SURGICAL errors
SURGICAL instruments
SURVEYS
DISEASE incidence
CLINICAL supervision
SURGICAL count procedure
PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09660461
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97112255
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2014.23.11.590