Surgical Instrument Count Sheets

However if the proximity of the surgical sites makes it difficult to ensure separation of the two team s instrumentation and surgical supplies then one count sheet may be used and one instrument nurse shall perform the count.

Surgical instrument count sheets. Approximately 78 of needle stick injuries are sustained by surgical team members 1 d. Preferred placement and packaging of surgical instrument count sheets. Here are five pieces that make up the anatomy of an excellent instrument count sheet. Recorded on the count sheet and added to the initial count.

Count me out sheet holder system complies with aorn by keeping hazardous ink and foreign particles out of your surgical instrument sets. 3 the circulating nurse should record only the number of instruments opened for the procedure. Available for wrapped sets and rigid containers. By ryan weiers 2015 10 29 19 46 40.

Two or more surgical teams are involved and two or more instrument nurses multiple individual count sheets shall be used. Counting and recording sharps not only aid in preventing foreign object retention but contribute to the awareness of the cst on the location of the sharps to help in preventing sharps injuries. Create instrument count sheets which can be printed exported in pdf format or viewed in the browser with the ability to access detailed information about each instrument including a photo location reference number and additional details. What s the difference in an a surgical instrument count sheet and one that deserves a big red f.

Some central sterile processing departments have placed instrument count sheets inside wrapped sets and ridged sterilization containers for a long time so why should we consider moving count sheets outside of surgical sets.