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    This document outlines a protocol for counting medical-surgical devices used in cardiovascular procedures to prevent surgical objects from being left in patients unintentionally. The protocol involves taking an initial count of all devices before the procedure, taking a final count before closing the surgical site to ensure the counts match, and requiring the surgeon to search until the initial count is reached if the counts do not match initially. The goal is to guarantee safe patient care by avoiding medical-surgical devices being left inside patients after surgery.

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    This document outlines a protocol for counting medical-surgical devices used in cardiovascular procedures to prevent surgical objects from being left in patients unintentionally. The protocol involves taking an initial count of all devices before the procedure, taking a final count before closing the surgical site to ensure the counts match, and requiring the surgeon to search until the initial count is reached if the counts do not match initially. The goal is to guarantee safe patient care by avoiding medical-surgical devices being left inside patients after surgery.

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    Recuento de Compresas

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    This document outlines a protocol for counting medical-surgical devices used in cardiovascular procedures to prevent surgical objects from being left in patients unintentionally. The protocol involves taking an initial count of all devices before the procedure, taking a final count before closing the surgical site to ensure the counts match, and requiring the surgeon to search until the initial count is reached if the counts do not match initially. The goal is to guarantee safe patient care by avoiding medical-surgical devices being left inside patients after surgery.

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    PROTOCOL OF:

    COUNT OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL
    DEVICES
    ITS OBJECTIVE IS TO GUARANTEE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COUNTING MEDICAL-
    SURGICAL DEVICES USED IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS BEFORE AND AFTER
    CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO AVOID LOSING THEM WITHIN THE WOUND.
    GUARANTEEING SAFE CARE FOR PATIENTS.

    WHAT IS A MEDICAL SURGICAL DEVICE?


    MEDICAL-SURGICAL DEVICES ARE INSTRUMENTS, TOOLS, MACHINES, TESTING
    DEVICES OR IMPLANTS USED TO PREVENT, DIAGNOSE OR TREAT DISEASES
    OR OTHER CONDITIONS

    WHAT IS A SURGICAL OBLITE?


    AN OBJECT IS DEFINED AS ANY FOREIGN OBJECT THAT UNINTENTIONALLY
    REMAINS WITHIN A BODY CAVITY OR SURGICAL SITE AFTER THE PATIENT
    LEAVES THE OPERATING ROOM.

    STEPS TO MANAGE THE


    COUNT OF MEDICAL-
    SURGICAL DEVICES

    1. INITIAL COUNT
    THE INSTRUMENTARY COUNTS
    GAUSES, COMPRESSES, AND
    INSTRUMENTS OF THE MAYO
    TABLES AND RESERVES AND THE
    CIRCULATING NURSE WILL RECORD
    THE DATA.

    2. FINAL COUNT
    JUST BEFORE CAVITY
    CLOSURE, AND AT SKIN
    CLOSURE OR AT THE END OF
    THE PROCEDURE IF THERE IS
    NO SURGICAL INCISION.

    TO CONSIDER.
    THE SURGEON CANNOT CLOSE THE CAVITY IF THE RESULT OF
    THE COUNT DOES NOT COINCIDE WITH THE INITIAL RESULT,
    THEY MUST SEARCH UNTIL THE INITIAL RESULT IS OBTAINED

    KAREN DANIELA ORTIZ MANTILLA

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