Having received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance this month for its surgical sponge and instrument tracking technology, Haldor Advanced Technologies plans to begin trialing its ...
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 ...
Healthmark Industries has introduced the Dry DuraSponge, a new cleaning product for instruments that require immediate removal of soils after procedures. The Dry DuraSponge is designed for safe ...
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 ...
Medical errors can have devastating consequences for patients, and one of the most alarming errors is the retention of surgical items in a patient’s body after surgery. Retained surgical items (RSIs) ...
About 30 times a year, a hospital in Washington state leaves a sponge or surgical instrument inside one of its patients. The accident known as a “retained foreign object” is one of the state’s most ...
Two new recommended practices from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses are now online and available for public comment. The AORN Recommended Practices for Cleaning and Care of Surgical ...
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