title: Swabs: the forgotten item of nursing care?
abstract: Swabs are items used every day in every operating room where invasive procedures are performed. How often do scrub nurses hand surgeons swabs, and how often is thought given to their shape, size and composition and their suitability for use inside our patients?
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Norman
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D015503:Surgical Sponges / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data