Jan. 15, 2003 — For cases at high risk of retained instruments or foreign bodies after surgery, screening plain film x-ray would be cost-effective and should be routine, according to a report in the ...

Feb. 6, 2012 -- Ann Arbor, Mich.: It may sound like something from a TV medical drama, but the incidence of surgeons leaving something behind in the body is very real at hospitals across the country.

ORLocate™ Uses RFID Technology to Account for Items Used During Surgery to Reduce Incidence of Retained Surgical Items Left inside Patients MAUMELLE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new technology that ...

The following article is written by Jim Sweeney, SVP of sales and marketing at ClearCount Medical Solutions. Retained surgical sponges are one of the oldest surgical complications documented in ...

A new report warns nearly 800 people have had surgical instruments left in them following a procedure since 2005, putting them at risk for serious harm. The report comes from The Joint Commission, a ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a radio-frequency identification tool that tracks instruments and sponges during surgical procedures. ORLocate, developed by Maumelle, AR-based Haldor ...

Retained surgical items can create numerous financial and reputational consequences for hospitals, not to mention serious health risks for patients. The National Quality Forum identifies retained ...

Two surgical sponges were left in a woman's abdomen for at least six years, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Two surgical sponges were left in a woman's abdomen for at ...

"The incidence of RSI [retained surgical items] was significantly lower during the time period after implementing RF detection technology and following TeamSTEPPS training, primarily driven by a ...

Medical sponges and towels, instruments and other items are left inside bodies during surgeries more often than patients would imagine, up to 2,000 times a year in the United States by one estimate.

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ClearCount Medical Solutions, a leader in patient safety solutions, announced today that it has received approval to affix the CE mark to its SmartSponge and SmartWand-DTX ...