Release date: 2010-09-19
A new technology that tracks sponges and surgical instruments during surgery has recently been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The Haldor Advanced Technology Company in the United States has developed the ORLocate system to refer to alternative doctors to complete complex and time-consuming surgical instrument inventory and improve safety, which can easily lead to human error.
The system uses radio frequency identification technology to help the surgical team avoid leaving the device in the patient during the procedure. At present, the cost of medical malpractice in the United States exceeds 2 billion U.S. dollars per year. It is the only RFID-based system on the market, which can be used not only to count sponges, but also to count surgical instruments.
“The surgical team relies on manual counting to ensure that the sponge and surgical instruments are not left in the patient,†said Haldor chairman and CEO Jacob Poremba. “The large hospitals have 2-4 incidents of surgical items left in the patient each year.â€
According to a study published in the 2007 Journal of Surgical Research, more than one-third of surgical items left in patients are surgical instruments (52% are sponges that cannot penetrate through radiation, and 43% are surgical instruments). ).
When tested at Northwood's NAMSA laboratory, ORLocate monitors and locates sponges and surgical instruments with an accuracy of 99.8%. NAMSA is the world's largest medical device contracting research organization (CRO) with laboratories in Germany and Israel. It marks every item used in the surgery with a unique RFID identification technology. This label is the same size as the hearing aid battery. The marked instruments and sponges are automatically counted continuously by antennas and application software throughout the sterile field.
Before the operation, the number of items is registered and automatically marked when used. Before completing the operation, the surgical team can be sure that ORLocate has counted each item, ensuring patient safety and greatly improving the efficiency of the operating room logistics and running water.
ORLocate can also be used in the Disinfection and Distribution Division (SPD) to provide advanced surgical instrument lifecycle tracking solutions. This ensures that the aseptic processing door is simply and accurately packaged with the surgical instrument prior to surgery. ORLocate labels and tracks instruments to maximize the overall productivity of the hospital while identifying defective and maintenance-intensive equipment.
“ORLocate can provide the initial number and number of items, the number of positions not returned, the number of sponges cleaned and used, and the number of last counts at any time,†Mr. Poremba said. “Complex counting and aseptic inventory management capabilities not only improve hospital efficiency, but also ensure patient safety.â€
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