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Action cards - Incorrect swab, instrument and suture counts

Summary

These action cards developed by Mark Rigby, Head of Theatre Services at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, contain a checklist of actions to be taken in the event of:

  • incorrect swab count
  • incorrect instrument count
  • incorrect missing sutures or small metal items count

Attachments

Actioncards-reconciliationofswabs.xlsx

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