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Subject: Re: Scouted: "It's a Junior Mint" becomes a reality
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:36:21 EST

In a message dated 1/16/2003 12:10:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Scouted:

> BOSTON (AP) -- A study on medical mistakes found operating room teams
around
>  the country leave sponges, clamps and other tools inside about 1,500
>  patients every year, largely because of stress from emergencies or
>  complications discovered during surgery.

How about...

Put a radio beeper on every instrument, tube, and gauze pad. Have a nurse
pass a wand as standard procedure before closing.

Someone do a study. Would the added costs more than outweigh the present
mistakes and lawsuits.
Um, they mentioned this in the article... :)

William Taylor
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Using a felt pen to mark WRONG LEG
always sounded like a good idea to me.
ROFL!!!! I love it. Simple and easy!
:)
Jon
C.J.: "The more photo-friendly of the two turkeys gets a Presidential pardon and a full life at a children's petting zoo.� The other one gets eaten."
Pres. Bartlet: "If the Oscars were like that, I'd watch."
~The West Wing~

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