Hi there
I am looking at how we do our surgical counts at my facility in New Zealand. We have two nurses circulating in OR and one of them does the count at the start of the procedure. Our current practice is that the same nurse must do the count at the end of the procedure too, regardless of whether they are in theatre. They may be called back from lunch for example. However any circulating nurse can add countable items (such as sutures or sponges). Can people tell me what their facility does and what is the best practice on this issue.
I get the feeling that we do it this way because that's how it's always been done.....not really a good enough reason!
Thanks in advance!:)