How to safeguard your ring in theatre

doi:10.1136/bmj.a2592

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A Ardolino, specialist trainee year 2 ,
T B Crook, specialist registrar ,
H P Taylor, consultant

¹Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Poole Hospital, Dorset BH15 2JB

Correspondence to: A Ardolino toni.a{at}doctors.org.uk

A Ardolino and colleagues give a way to avoid losing rings during scrubbing

Finger rings harbour surface bacteria so should be removed before scrubbing for theatre and left off while operating.1 There are many anecdotes of surgeons losing their wedding rings and rooting through clinical waste or surgical scrub bins to find the lost items. We present a method of safeguarding a wedding ring while in theatre.