Radio frequency ID tags have been touted as a way to keep track of patients and medical equipment, but how about a sponge left behind during surgery? This week's Archives of Surgery includes a study ...

The same technology that prevents thefts in clothing stores could also help surgeons keep track of instruments and gauze sponges during medical procedures, according to a preliminary study at the ...

RFID sponges could reduce OR errors, says Alex Macario. Using RFID to track surgical sponges could reduce one of the most deadly surgical errors: accidentally leaving those sponges in patients.

In late 2002, a Canadian woman set off an airport metal detector. When she was “wanded,” the metal detector consistently sounded when placed near her abdomen. She had undergone surgery four months ...

Medline Industries, a U.S. distributor of medical supplies, has begun marketing a medical system that uses radio frequency (RF) to detect any surgical gauze, towels and sponges left behind in human ...

MUNDELEIN, IL--(Marketwire - January 13, 2010) - Medline Industries, Inc. has been named the exclusive distributor for the SmartWand-DTX TM and SmartSponge® System, the only FDA-cleared systems using ...

Siemens IT Solutions and Services, a division of Siemens, has teamed with a hospital in Munich, Germany, to test the use of active and passive RFID tags to track sponges, swabs and other items used ...

Remember that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer and Jerry accidentally drop a Junior Mint into the open body of Elaine’s boyfriend? Yeah, this is kind of like that, but with medical sponges. Siemens ...

A Radiofrequency Tag System Detects the Presence of Surgical Sponges Macario A, Morris D, Morris S. Initial clinical evaluation of a handheld device for detecting retained surgical gauze sponges using ...

Cardinal Health, a global provider of products and services that improve the safety and productivity of health care, today announced an agreement with ClearCount Medical Solutions to distribute the ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Pittsburg startup has launched what could be one of the first RFID systems to debut in an operating room setting. ClearCount Medical Solutions uses RFID to automate the process of ...

Stanford, Calif. - The same technology that prevents thefts in clothing stores could also help surgeons keep track of instruments and gauze sponges during medical procedures, according to a ...