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To: bentway who wrote (747852)	10/18/2013 2:48:28 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570547

A new report warns nearly 800 people have had surgical instruments left in them following a procedure since 2005, putting them at risk for serious harm. The report comes from The Joint Commission, a nonprofit health care safety watchdog. The organization takes hospitals to task for improper or inadequate protocols that lead to equipment like sponges, towels, needles, instruments, retractors and other small items and fragments of tools in patients. "Leaving a foreign object behind after surgery is a well-known problem, but one that can be prevented," Dr. Ana Pujols McKee, chief medical officer of The Joint Commission, said in a statement. A retained surgical tool can lead to physical and emotional harm, an extended hospital stay or death. They're most commonly seen on X-rays during routine follow-up visits or if a patient presents in pain or discomfort. There were 772 incidents of foreign objects left in patients that occurred from 2005 to 2012, resulting in 16 deaths. In 95 percent of the cases, patients had to stay longer in the hospital. The most common sites these incidents occurred were operating rooms, labor and delivery rooms, ambulatory surgery centers or labs where invasive procedures such as catheters or colonoscopies take place. An incident was nine times more likely when an operation was performed in an emergency basis and four times more likely when the procedure changed unexpectedly. The report cites a 2012 New York Times profile of Sophia Savage, a nurse from Kentucky who became violently ill in 2005, only to undergo a CT scan and find out a surgical sponge had been left in her abdomen during a hysterectomy four years earlier. "What they found was horrific," Savage told the Times. "It had adhered to the bladder and the stomach area, and to the walls of my abdominal cavity." She added, "I never dreamed something like this would happen to me." The Commission says she suffered severe health issues, anxiety, depression and disability. She sued the hospital where the surgery took place for $2.5 million, but the award was appealed. These incidents can also take a financial toll on hospitals. The average total care cost for a patient with a retained surgical tool is about an extra $166,000, including legal defense, payments and care. The researchers found the most common causes of these incidents were lack of polices and procedures, a failure to comply with existing procedures, failures in communication with fellow doctors, hierarchy and intimidation problems within hospitals and poor education of staff. The report notes traditionally doctors rely on protocols like counting all of their tools or "cavity sweeps" looking for equipment, but both are subject to human error -- about 80 percent of retained sponges occur when staff think they've had a correct count. They call for a stricter, more standardized counting system involving all members of the hospital team, including surgeons, nurses, techs, anesthesiologists, and radiologists. They recommend two people -- a nurse and tech -- count out all the equipment and have it verified by a surgeon. The counts should be performing them before the surgery begins, before the cavity is closed and at the time the procedure ends. A whiteboard can display the count, and the team should debrief to address any concerns about equipment or the procedure. Such a system was shown to reduce errors at one children's hospital by 50 percent in only one year. "It's critical to establish and comply with policies and procedures to make sure all surgical items are identified and accounted for, as well to ensure that there is open communication by all members of the surgical team about any concerns," said McKee. © 2013 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.

To: bentway who wrote (747852)	10/19/2013 4:02:40 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570547

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Byrd Auditorium, National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia [9] [10] [11] Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia [6] [9] [10] [12] [13]Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Laboratory, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia [9] [10] [14]Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education, University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia [6] [9]Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center, Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia [9] [10] Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, Princeton, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Health and Wellness Center, Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia [9] Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg, West Virginia [6] [9] [15]Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) Bridgeport Manufacturing Technology Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia [9] [10] [16]RCBI Charleston Manufacturing Technology Center, South Charleston, West Virginia [6] [9] [10] [16]RCBI Huntington Manufacturing Technology Center, Huntington, West Virginia [9] [10] [16]RCBI Rocket Center Manufacturing Technology Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia [9] [10] [16] [17]Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia [9]Robert C. Byrd Library, Wheeling, West Virginia [9]Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center, University of Charleston in Beckley [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Moorefield, West Virginia [9]Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia [10]Robert C. Byrd Metals Fabrication Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia [9] [10] [17]Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia (affiliated with Fairmont State University) [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia [6] [9] [18]Robert C. Byrd Regional Training Institute, Camp Dawson near Kingwood, West Virginia [9]Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Technology Center, Alderson–Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center [6] [10]Commerce[ edit]Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex, Rocket Center, West Virginia [6] [9] [10] [17]Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park, Moorefield, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Community[ edit]Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Pine Grove, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Sugar Grove, West Virginia [6] [10]Government[ edit]Robert C. Byrd Rooms, Office of the West Virginia Senate Minority Leader, West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia [9]Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Beckley, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Charleston, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton, West Virginia [6] [10]Healthcare[ edit]Robert C. Byrd Clinic, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to Veteran's Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Recreation and tourism[ edit]Robert C. Byrd Addition to the Lodge at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Conference Center (also known as the Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism), Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Transportation[ edit] The Robert C. Byrd Bridge crossing the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia and Chesapeake, Ohio. Robert C. Byrd Appalachian Highway System, Appalachian Development Highway System in West Virginia [9] [10] [19] Robert C. Byrd Bridge, crosses the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia and Chesapeake, Ohio [6] [9] [10] [19]Robert C. Byrd Bridge, Ohio County, West Virginia [19]Robert C. Byrd Drive, West Virginia Routes 16 and 97 between Beckley and Sophia, West Virginia [6] [10] Robert C. Byrd Expressway, United States Route 22 near Weirton, West Virginia [6] [9] [10] Robert C. Byrd Freeway, United States Route 119 between Williamson and Charleston, West Virginia (also known as Corridor L) [6] [9] Robert C. Byrd Highway, United States Route 48 between Weston, West Virginia and the Virginia state line near Wardensville, West Virginia (also known as Corridor H) [6] [19]Robert C. Byrd Interchange on Interstate 77 [9]Robert C. Byrd Interchange on United States Route 19, Birch River, West Virginia [9] [19]Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center, Wheeling, West Virginia [9] [10]Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam, Ohio River in Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia [6] [9] [10]Erma Ora Byrd[ edit] The Erma Byrd Higher Education Center at Concord University's Beckley Campus in Beaver, West Virginia. The following places are named after Robert Byrd's wife, Erma Ora Byrd: Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia [9] [10] [20]Erma Ora Byrd Center for Educational Technologies, Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia [10] [20]Erma Ora Byrd Clinical Center, Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia [9]Erma Ora Byrd Conference and Learning Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia [17] [21]Erma Byrd Eastern Panhandle Health Professions Center, Martinsburg, West Virginia [9] [10]Erma Byrd Gallery, University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia [9]Erma Byrd Garden, Graceland Mansion in Elkins, West Virginia [20]Erma Ora Byrd Hall, Department of Nursing Education, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia [9]Erma Byrd Higher Education Center, Concord University Beckley Campus in Beaver, West Virginia [9] [10] [22] en.wikipedia.org