Articles Tagged With: count
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Have 1 Million Healthcare Workers Been Infected in Pandemic?
It is possible 1 million healthcare workers have been infected with COVID-19, as public health officials report there likely are 10 unknown cases for every one that is documented.
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Sponge Counting System Backed with Guarantee Plus $5 Million Indemnity Protection
Stryker Corp. in Kalamazoo, MI, has announced a risk-sharing program that protects investment in the company’s SurgiCount Safety-Sponge System with up to $5 million in product-liability indemnification and a rebate of the cost of implementing SurgiCount.
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Standardization is critical to avoid retained items
According to The Joint Commission, having different expectations for counts, depending on the type of procedure being performed, can lead to unintended retained foreign objects.
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New problems mean new solutions for retained surgical items
The OR staff at one California hospital didn’t even realize that a blue towel had gone into the patient during his abdominal surgery. But there it was, three months later.