title: Preventable errors in the operating room: retained foreign bodies after surgery--Part I.
authors.affiliation: UCSF Department of Surgery, Attending Surgeon, SF Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Verna C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: Fergus D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Coakley
authors.forename: H David
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Reines
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management; D015503:Surgical Sponges