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Solutions for the Prevention of Retained Sponges

New technology adds a whole new level of accuracy to sponge counts.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

With the wave of a wand or the scan of a bar code, you can count and validate surgical sponges faster and more accurately than doing so by hand. Today's high-tech products not only remove the tedium of counting sponges, but also help you prevent the most frequently retained foreign object — yes, the sponge. You'll pay for the scanning technology and for sponges with RFID tags or bar codes sewn into them, but isn't greater efficiency and safety worth a slightly higher ($12 to $40) cost per case?

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