title: Unintended retained foreign objects after surgery and other invasive procedures.
authors.affiliation: Kathleen Rice Simpson is a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist in St. Louis, MO, and an Editorial Board Member of MCN. Dr. Simpson can be reached via e-mail at krsimpson@prodigy.net.
authors.forename: Kathleen Rice
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards