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 ...

Dr. Jeffrey Port is co-founder and chairman of RF Surgical Systems, a developer of solutions for the detection and prevention of retained surgical items. Q: What is a retained surgical item? Dr.

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.

Many hospitals have yet to embrace technologies that would reduce the risk of leaving surgical items in patients, USA Today reported. Retained foreign bodies, such as sponges, account for almost half ...

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...