JACOBSON MOSQUITO FORCEPS

Description of Event or Problem

DURING DECONTAMINATION OF A SMALL VESSEL TRAY, THE NURSE'S AIDE NOTED THAT ONE JAW OF THE JACOBSON MOSQUITO CLAMP WAS BROKEN. THE INSTRUMENT/CLAMP HAD BEEN PART OF THE TRAY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY USED IN A LEFT CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY PROCEDURE. THE SURGEON WAS MADE AWARE. ALTHOUGH THE CLAMP MAY NOT HAVE BEEN USED DURING PROCEDURE, AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, THE SURGEON ORDERED AN X-RAY OF THE PT'S LEFT NECK. THE X-RAY RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE FOR ANY FOREIGN OBJECT.