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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
148 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2016-01-01
2019-12-31
Brief Summary
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Therefore, there is a need for improved systems and methods for identifying and tracking surgical items, including needles and other sharp objects, surgical sponges, and surgical instruments during a surgical procedure.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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OTHER
RETROSPECTIVE
Interventions
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Cases study
Patients with a retained device or almost
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Assuta Medical Center
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Sergio Gabriel Susmallian
Medicine Doctor
Principal Investigators
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Sergio Susmallian, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Assuta Medical Center
Locations
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ASSUTAMC
Tel Aviv, , Israel
Assuta MC
Tel Aviv, , Israel
Countries
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References
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Lauwers PR, Van Hee RH. Intraperitoneal gossypibomas: the need to count sponges. World J Surg. 2000 May;24(5):521-7. doi: 10.1007/s002689910084.
Hall MJ, Schwartzman A, Zhang J, Liu X. Ambulatory Surgery Data From Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers: United States, 2010. Natl Health Stat Report. 2017 Feb;(102):1-15.
Hariharan D, Lobo DN. Retained surgical sponges, needles and instruments. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2013 Mar;95(2):87-92. doi: 10.1308/003588413X13511609957218.
Berkowitz S, Marshall H, Charles A. Retained intra-abdominal surgical instruments: time to use nascent technology? Am Surg. 2007 Nov;73(11):1083-5.
Cima RR, Kollengode A, Garnatz J, Storsveen A, Weisbrod C, Deschamps C. Incidence and characteristics of potential and actual retained foreign object events in surgical patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Jul;207(1):80-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.12.047. Epub 2008 May 23.
Recommended practices for sponge, sharp, and instrument counts. AORN Recommended Practices Committee. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses. AORN J. 1999 Dec;70(6):1083-9. doi: 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)62224-2. No abstract available.
Steelman VM, Shaw C, Shine L, Hardy-Fairbanks AJ. Retained surgical sponges: a descriptive study of 319 occurrences and contributing factors from 2012 to 2017. Patient Saf Surg. 2018 Jun 29;12:20. doi: 10.1186/s13037-018-0166-0. eCollection 2018.
Brooks J. US Medicare will stop paying for preventable errors. CMAJ. 2007 Oct 9;177(8):841-2. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.071347. No abstract available.
Wan W, Le T, Riskin L, Macario A. Improving safety in the operating room: a systematic literature review of retained surgical sponges. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2009 Apr;22(2):207-14. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328324f82d.
Susmallian S, Folv E, Szyper-Kravitz M. Assessing the diagnostic value of radiographs for retained surgical items: a cautionary analysis. Br J Radiol. 2025 Oct 1:tqaf241. doi: 10.1093/bjr/tqaf241. Online ahead of print.
Susmallian S, Barnea R, Azaria B, Szyper-Kravitz M. Addressing the important error of missing surgical items in an operated patient. Isr J Health Policy Res. 2022 Apr 5;11(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s13584-022-00530-z.
Other Identifiers
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AMC 1-2020
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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