{"id":35,"date":"2022-10-20T16:19:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/?p=35"},"modified":"2023-06-01T13:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:14:43","slug":"module-4-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"Module 4: Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Module 4: Counting&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5>\ud83c\udfaf Module Objectives&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Outline the personnel responsible for the surgical count.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Identify which surgical items must be counted.\u202f&nbsp;<\/li><li>&nbsp;Describe the process and appropriate timing for completing surgical counts.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Summarize the actions that must be taken when the count is incorrect.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Explain the risks for patients of unintentionally retained surgical items.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Identify appropriate documentation related to the surgical count.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5>\ud83d\udcd6 Required Readings&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ORNAC standards\u202f 2021 <\/strong><br>Surgical Count Management 3.12 P. 3-75 to 3-88<br><br><strong>ORNAC Standards 2023 <\/strong><br>Surgical Count Management 3.12-3.20 (3-80)<br><br><strong>Other<\/strong><br>CineMed Video #1980: Prevention of Retained Surgical Items: Patients are Counting on You (2016)\u202f<br><br>Weprin, S., Crocerossa, F., Meyer, D., Madda, K., Valancy, D., Osardu, R., Kang, H., Moore, R.H., Carbonara, U., Kim, F.J., &amp; Autorino, R. (2021). Risk factors and preventive strategies for unintentionally retained surgical sharps: a systematic review. Patient Safety in Surgery,\u202f15 (24). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13037-021-00297-3<br><br><strong>Alexander\u2019s care of the patient in surgery<\/strong><br><em>16th Ed. <\/em>p 25-26 (start at retained surgical items); 199-200 (start at count discrepancies)<br><br><em>17th Ed.<\/em> p 24-27 (start at unintended retention of foreign objects); 197 (start at count discrepancies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5>Introduction&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>This module covers the process of the surgical count, as well as the items required in a surgical count.&nbsp; Thorough knowledge of the surgical count is vital in the perioperative nurse\u2019s role for ensuring patient safety by reducing the risk of retained surgical items.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/?p=472\">Begin Module<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Module 4: Counting&nbsp; \ud83c\udfaf Module Objectives&nbsp; Outline the personnel responsible for the surgical count.&nbsp; Identify which surgical items must be counted.\u202f&nbsp; &nbsp;Describe the process and appropriate timing for completing surgical counts.&nbsp; Summarize the actions that must be taken when the count is incorrect.&nbsp; Explain the risks for patients of unintentionally retained surgical items.&nbsp; Identify appropriate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-introduction.php","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":787,"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perioperative1002.slc-courses.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fwf_post_folders&post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}