Background Never events (NEs) are patient safety incidents that are preventable and so
serious they should never happen. To reduce NEs, several frameworks have been …

Objective (s) This study aimed to critically examine the circumstances contributing to, and
the human costs arising from, the retention of surgical items through the lens of Australian …

Background Unintentional retention of foreign bodies in surgery is uncommon but potentially
serious. Published data regarding the consequence of retained surgical needles is sparse …

Background and Aims: Today, despite the use of protocols and checklists related to surgical
safety, the phenomenon of" retained surgical items" is still reported as one of the …

Introduction: Large volume breasts, and also breasts with a long distance between the
sternal notch and the nipple, have a higher risk of postoperative nipple necrosis after breast …

Objective (s): This study aimed to critically examine the circumstances contributing to, and
the human costs arising from, the retention of surgical items through the lens of Australian …

In my early surgical career, an operating theatre in a major but very old Sydney teaching
hospital was being converted into another use. While the builders were working on the very …