Countable items include;
– Tapes: Umbilical, vessel loops
– abdominal packs
– Swabs/ sponges with X-ray detectable thread (all types including lahey, laps, peanuts, wool balls, patties e.t.c.)
– screws
– Wing nuts
– Small removable attachments
– Sharps: needles (atraumatic, free or hyoodermic), sutures, blades (scalpel, beaver and saw), bovie tips, drill bits e.t.c
– Instruments
– Others: cannula, laparoscopic specimen bags, stapling device ‘donuts’, sutyre reels, shod, electrosurgical scratch pad, trocar sealing cap, e.t.c.
NB: Omitted counts because of an extreme patient emergency, or count abortion should be recorded, according to institutional policy and procedure.