http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/ Engadget Comments for RFID to prevent loss of surgical sponges inside patients http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/Jul 19th 2006 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/
This is a great innovation. They nearly left a sponge in my wife during her C-section. The nurse did a recount on the sponges and realized they were one short. If she hadn't double checked herself, they would have left the sponge in her. Neither of the surgeons noticed it.]]>Jul 19th 2006 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/Jul 19th 2006 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/
Michael Locker MD]]>Jul 19th 2006 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/Jul 19th 2006 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/
Working in the library-tech field, I find RFID to be quite an elegant solution for keeping track of thousands of books. Hopefully, the medical field can use this tech as well, without adding huge expense.]]>Jul 19th 2006 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/
http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2005/01/03/story6.html
http://www.pittsburghlifesciences.com/content.aspx?id=1b9aacdc-c26d-472d-a41d-3f9548d43965
http://business.tepper.cmu.edu/default.aspx?id=142710 (See paragraph 5)]]>Jul 19th 2006 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/Jul 19th 2006 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/This is a neat invention, it would save a lot of time in the OR--no more counting, and fewer expensive X-rays. As a nurse, I'm excited :)]]>Jul 19th 2006 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/19/rfid-to-prevent-loss-of-surgical-sponges-inside-patients/
Instead of the crap about Big Brother spying on us all the time. ]]>Jul 21st 2006 8:48PM