Surgical Sponges Should Be Counted

question 75

Multiple Choice

Surgical sponges should be counted:

• A) before being placed into the surgical pack for sterilization
• B) at the start of the surgical procedure and again before closure
• C) when preparing the surgical pack and again before closing the surgical incision
• D) when cleaning up after surgery

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Definitions:

Normally Distributed

A type of continuous probability distribution characterized by a symmetrical, bell-shaped curve, where the mean, median, and mode are all equal.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability in a set of values, indicating how much individual values deviate from the mean.

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Normally Distributed

Outlines a probability distribution characterized by symmetry around the mean, illustrating that data points in close proximity to the mean occur more often than data points far away from the mean.