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- Title
Initial clinical evaluation of a handheld device for detecting retained surgical gauze sponges using radiofrequency identification technology.
- Authors
Macario, Alex; Morris, Dean; Morris, Sharon
- Abstract
A handheld wand-scanning device (1.5 lb, battery powered, 10 x 10 x 1.5 in) has been developed to detect commonly used surgical gauze sponges, which have been tagged with a radiofrequency identification (RFID) chip. We tested the hypothesis that this wand device has a successful detection rate of 100%, with 100% specificity and 100% sensitivity.
- Publication
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2006, Vol 141, Issue 7, p659
- ISSN
0004-0010
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archsurg.141.7.659