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Frances J. Campbell, MSN, RN | Alton, Ill.
Lessons learned from a final count
that came up 2 sponges short.
T
he surgeon was just beginning to close the first
layer of the abdomen after an exploratory laparoto-
my with bowel resection when we realized that
we'd left 2 lap sponges inside the patient — the
sponges the surgeon used to pack the wound. We
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR