Analyze the action and match the correct potential charge.
-As the scrub, you along with the circulator omitted the final count as she was on the phone with the surgeon's answering service. Circumstances rushed you into the next case. The patient later returned in septic shock to have a sponge removed from the wound. What are you and the circulator charged with?

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The omission of the final count, leading to a sponge being left in the patient, constitutes negligence, as it is a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in similar circumstances.

Analyze the Action and Match the Correct Potential Charge