> I am not a doctor, nor am I an expert, I have just read some interesting articles and heard from surgeons that they are trying to improve the process to reduc

> I am not a doctor, nor am I an expert, I have just read some interesting articles and heard from surgeons that they are trying to improve the process to reduce careless mistakes. Also not a doctor but I've built some checklist software for them. At good hospitals there's a nurse counting every screw, piece of gauze and scalpel passed around in surgery, counting them again on the way out, counting them when the go into the dishwasher and counting them again when they come out of the dishwasher and get preped for the next surgery. Apart from emergencies doctors will have a list of instruments needed for any given operation and there will be a special package of them ready. This was heavily influence by the aviation industry.