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SURGICAL COUNTING: A PERIOPERATIVE NURSE'S PERSPECTIVE
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal
|December 28, 2017
Abstract:
The Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN) have developed a set of standards to guide clinical practice within the perioperative setting. The ACORN standard 'Management of accountable items used during surgery and procedures' (ACORN 2016) details a process for perioperative nurses to follow when undertaking a surgical count.