title: Responsibility of the surgeon for negligence of hospital surgical employees.
abstract: The question of the surgeon's responsibility for the negligence of hospital employees during surgery continues to be a troublesome one. This article focuses on a recent case in which a hospital was held responsible for injury caused when a sponge count was negligently performed by surgical nurses acting under the hospital's written directions, where the court applied the "borrowed servant" rule to reach the proper result.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D013502:General Surgery / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000592:standards; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000592:standards*