National Guideline Clearinghouse | Guideline for prevention of retained surgical items.

National Guideline Clearinghouse | Guideline for prevention of retained surgical items.

Association of periOperative Registered Nurses

• Guideline for prevention of retained surgical items.

Guideline Title

Guideline for prevention of retained surgical items.

Bibliographic Source(s)

Wood A, Conner RL. Guideline for prevention of retained surgical items. In: 2016 Guidelines for Perioperative Practice. Denver (CO): Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN); 2016 Jan. p. 369-414. [222 references]

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline meets NGC's 2013 (revised) inclusion criteria.