Yabancı Cisim Unutulmasının Önlenmesinde Bilişim Teknolojilerinin Kullanımı

Year 2025, Volume: 1 Issue: 3, 249 - 261, 26.09.2025

Pınar Ongün , İbrahim Enes Muslu , Ceren Yalçın

Abstract

Hasta güvenliğini tehdit eden olaylardan biri yabancı cisim unutulmasıdır. Yabancı cisim unutulması cerrahi malzemelerin ameliyat esnasında hastanın vücudunda istemsiz olarak kalmasıdır. Her cerrahi operasyonda sayım sürecinin kurum prosedürlerine uygun olarak yürütülmesi ve prosedürler arasında manuel sayıma ek olarak bilişim teknolojilerinin kullanımının yer alması rehberlerde önerilmektedir. Yabancı cisim unutulmasının önlenmesinde makine öğrenme ve derin öğrenme yöntemiyle cerrahi alet ve spançların takibi yapılabilmektedir. Ayrıca yapay zekâ yardımıyla radyografik görüntülerin yorumlanması daha hızlı ve güvenilir olmaktadır. Ameliyathanede radyofrekans teknolojisinin kullanımı, cerrahi aletlerin tespit edilmesini sağlayarak sayım takibini hızlandırmakta ve kolaylaştırmaktadır. Cerrahi sayımda kamera yardımıyla çekilen görüntülerin yapay zekâ teknolojisi ile izlenerek cerrahi aletlerin sayımı daha hızlı ve kolay yapılabilmektedir. Bilişim teknolojileri, sayım doğruluğunun sağlanmasında ve yabancı cisim unutulmasının önlenmesinde alet yönetimi ve hasta güvenliği bakımından önemli bir potansiyele sahiptir. Bilişim teknolojilerinin verimini artırmada personel eğitimi ve kurum politikalarına uyum anahtar role sahiptir. Bu derlemede, yabancı cisim unutulmasının önlenmesinde bilişim teknolojilerinin kullanımı hakkında bilgi verilmektedir.

Keywords

: Hasta güvenliği , Yabancı cisimler , Yapay zekâ , Bilgi teknolojisi , Ameliyathaneler

The Use of Information Technology in Preventing the Retention of Foreign Objects

Abstract

One of the events that threatens patient safety is the foreign body is a forgotten foreign body is the unintentional retention of surgical materials in the patient's body during surgery. It is advised that the counting process in each surgical procedure be conducted in accordance with institutional protocols, incorporating information technologies alongside manual counting. Machine learning and deep learning methods can be used to track surgical instruments and sponges to prevent foreign bodies from being forgotten. Artificial intelligence can also be used to interpret X-ray images more quickly and reliably. The use of radiofrequency technology in the operating room accelerates and facilitates count tracking by enabling the detection of surgical instruments during the counting process. By using artificial intelligence technology to monitor the images taken by the camera during surgical counting, surgical instruments can be counted more quickly and easily. Information technologies have an important potential in terms of instrument management and patient safety by ensuring counting accuracy and preventing foreign bodies from being missed. Staff training and adherence to institutional policies play a key role in increasing the effectiveness of information technology. This review provides information about the use of information technologies in the prevention of foreign object retention.

Keywords

Patient Safety , Foreign Bodies , Artificial Intelligence , Information Technology , Operating Rooms

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