Operating room leaders and staff may need to re-work surgical count policies in order to prevent variation in surgical count practices and the incidence of retained surgical items, according to ...

Researchers have determined six risk factors that contribute to incorrect surgical counts, which can increase the risk of retained foreign objects during surgeries, according to a study published in ...

After a Fresno, Calif.-based Community Regional Medical Center surgeon put a patient in serious jeopardy by leaving a surgical towel inside his body, the cancer center had to rethink its surgical ...

Almost 140 gauze swabs have been left inside patients following surgery in the past 8 years, despite being classed as never events by the NHS, a new report has revealed. The Health Services Safety ...

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 ...

ClearCount Medical Solutions, a Pittsburgh, Penn.-based company focused on improving surgical safety, is getting closer to launching a commercial version of its SmartSponge System, designed to help ...