Pt s/p total knee arthroplasty.Operating room leadership was notified by central sterile processing that there was a piece missing from the tip of a rongeur equipment that may have been utilized during the case when they were processing instruments from the case.The damaged instrument was not noted by the team in the room.There were 2 rongeurs on the case and only one was used.Surgeon immediately notified and he stated that he did not note any issues while using the instruments during the case.A knee xray was performed which showed no radiopaque foreign body status post left total knee arthroplasty.
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