Bruce Brient, MD, must pay a $15,000 administrative fee and deliver a lecture on retained objects after two sponges were left in a patient during bariatric surgery in 2010, according to a Gainesville ...

The ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization has outlined three key recommendations for preventing retained foreign objects during robotically assisted surgery. Several factors contribute to the ...

Researchers suggest education for healthcare workers doesn’t do much to reduce rates of retained foreign objects during surgery, according to a study published in AORN Journal. Read the full report in ...

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) has refuted claims suggesting high numbers of foreign items are being left inside patients, including cannulas, which were accidentally left in one patient's body eight ...