Prevention of Unretained Surgical Items in Surgical Patients 2023 (Enduring)

This activity will educate DUHS perioperative staff on efforts to prevent an unintentionally retained foreign object in surgical patients. activity is to raise awareness about the updated health system wide (DUHS) count policy. This activity will provide details of new changes of count policy and count process workflow.

Target Audience

  • Nurses

Learning Objectives

1. To educate perioperative staff on efforts to prevent an unintentionally retained foreign object in surgical patients.

2. To better serve Duke's patient's and meet the zero harm Duke patient safety initiative.

3. To share information on the details of new changes of county policy and count process workflow.

4. To raise awareness about the updated health system wide (DUHS) count policy that will be going live early june.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 ANCC
  • 0.50 Attendance
Registration Opens: 
05/10/2023
Registration Expires: 
05/10/2025
Rating: 
0
Durham, NC 27705
United States

Speakers have no financial relationships to disclose 

  • Alyson Stalzer
  • Wendy Petrohoy
  • Dulce Perez Lessard
  • Claudia Romero
  • ANCC 
  • Attendance

Available Credit

  • 0.50 ANCC
  • 0.50 Attendance
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