title: Safe surgery: reducing the risk of retained items.
abstract: Research from the United States which explores events related to the surgical count has identified that there are opportunities to review our practice in order to reduce risks to surgical patients. The Safe Surgery Saves Lives Campaign highlights this aspect of perioperative patient safety, ensuring that poor processes and poor communication, often the reasons for retained surgical items, become part of the team 'sign-out' at the end of every operation.
authors.affiliation: KMW (Healthcare Consultants) Ltd. woodhead8@btinternet.com
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Woodhead
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012308:Risk Management; D017751:Safety Management; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States