Comments on: To err is human

By: nelc

nelc — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:26:48 +0000

i guess to forgive is still human, ..

By: melissa

melissa — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:55:15 +0000

gossypiboma is the name for a retained surgical sponge

By: sponge man

sponge man — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:02:37 +0000

It is unfortunate that the hospitals was not using the Surgicount Safety Sponge system, which would have prevented the retained sponge incident from occurring. Surgicount Medical’s Safety Sponge system uses bar code technology to allow operating room nurses to accurately account for surgical sponges. Surgicount has been used in over 200,000 operations at hospitals including UC San Francisco, Loyola in Chicago, Shands Hospital at the University of Florida and many others. I believe that Surgicount will one day be the standard of care in operating rooms nationwide since it is the only way to ensure that all surical sponges are properly accounted for.

By: Points of Interest, #36 « Mind, Soul, and Body

Points of Interest, #36 « Mind, Soul, and Body — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:36:51 +0000

[...] and the X-ray is striking, so here I link to the Sterile Eye, where Oystein shares the story of a remarkable patient who displays incredible forgiveness and wisdom, when his surgeon makes an awful and preventable mistake, leaving a sponge inside the [...]

By: makeminetrauma

makeminetrauma — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:43:44 +0000

Now THAT is a sponge! I’ve never seen one like it so can’t help you with the name. What a noble patient. I assume that some lawyer will catch wind of the case and pressure the patient into filing a lawsuit so the lawyer can buy a new condo or that sports car he’s been dreaming of. At least that’s how it goes here in the U.S.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:13:17 +0000

wow. what a rare occurrence. a normal patient would have demanded some sort of compensation for psychiatric distress caused by this ordeal.

im not sure which one makes a better surgeon. it depends on how the surgeon reacts to things.