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Recuento de Compresas
Recuento de Compresas
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.
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