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| THE TECHNIQUE OF SEPARATING TISSUE LAYERS BY TEASING THEM APART WITH A ROUGH SPONGE DISSECTOR. |
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| THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING THE TASKS AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. IT REQUIRES THE ABILITY TO PRIORITIZE, ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS, AND A KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCEDURE. |
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| A TIME-RELATED SET OF PROCEDURES IN WHICH STERILE SUPPLIES ARE DISTRIBUTED AND ARRANGED ON THE STERILE TABLE. |
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| A FLAT NEUROURGICAL SPONGE AVAILABLE IN NUMEROUS SMALL SIZES AND CONSTRUCTED OF COMPRESSED SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL FIBERS. SOMETIMES CALLED A PATTY. |
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| A PROCESS IN WHIC A SAMPLE OF EXUDATE, PUS, OR FLUID IS GROWN IN CULTURE MEDIA AND ANALYZED FOR THE PRESENCE OF INFECTIOUS MICROORGANISMS. |
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| AN ACTIVITY OR PROCESS LINKED WITH AN EVENT LIKE AN INSTRUMENT COUNT TO ENSURE THAT NO ITEMS ARE LEFT INSIDE. |
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| A LENGTH OF SUTURE MATERIAL USED TO TIE AROUND A BLEEDING BLOOD VESSEL IN SURGERY. |
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| A MIROSCOPICAL SLICE OF FROZEN ANATOMICAL TISSUE THAT IS EVALUATED FOR THE PRESENCE OF ABNORMAL CELLS. |
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| AN IMPLANT USED TO REPLACE OR AUGMENT EXISTING TISSUE OBTAINED FROM THE PATIENT, ANOTHER PATIENT, ANIMAL OR SYNTHETIC SOURCE. |
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| A SYNTHETIC OR METAL REPLACEMENT FOR AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE, SUCH AS A JOINT OR CRANIAL BONE. |
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| LOSS OF PERISTALSIS TO THE BOWEL AS A RESULT OF EXCESS HANDLING DURING SURGERY. |
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| ANY OBJECT THAT IS NOT PENETRABLE BY X-RAYS. |
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| A SMALL COMPACT SPONGE USED TO DISSECT SOFT TISSUE PLANES THAT ARE ALWAYS MOUNTED ON A CLAMP FOR USE IN THE SURGICAL WOUND. |
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| THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING AND ARRANGING STERILE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT BEFORE SURGERY. |
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| AN EVENT OR ACTIVITY LINKED WITH A SPECIFIC TIME OR PROCESS. |
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| A PROCUDURE FOR VERIFYING THE PATIENT'S IDENTITY, CORRECT SURGICAL PROCEDURE, SITE, AND SIDE TAKEN BEFORE THE FIRST INCISION. |
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| A ROUNDED SPONGE APPROXIMATELY WALNUT SIZE, WITH STRING ATTACHED; USED FOR ABSORPTION DURING TONSILLECTOMY. |
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