A gathering storm of rising malpractice costs, payment penalties, new quality frameworks, patient safety report cards and media attention may be leaving healthcare ...

The following article is written by Jim Sweeney, SVP of sales and marketing at ClearCount Medical Solutions. Retained surgical sponges are one of the oldest surgical complications documented in ...

Atlanta Medical Center has implemented a system to keep better track of sponges in the operating room, the misplacement of which can result in retained surgical items, according to a FOX News report.

Stryker has launched a risk-sharing program for hospitals that invest in the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge System. The program, called the SurgiCount Promise, includes up to considerable product-liability ...

MUNDELEIN, IL--(Marketwire - January 13, 2010) - Medline Industries, Inc. has been named the exclusive distributor for the SmartWand-DTX TM and SmartSponge® System, the only FDA-cleared systems using ...

Two surgical sponges were left in a woman's abdomen for at least six years, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Two surgical sponges were left in a woman's abdomen for at ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ClearCount Medical Solutions, a leader in patient safety solutions, announced today that it has received approval to affix the CE mark to its SmartSponge and ...

Syntervention's growing portfolio of global patents positions the company as a frontrunner in contamination-prevention solutions. Retained surgical sponges remain a critical ‘never event’ in ...

In the United States, about a dozen sponges and other surgical instruments are left inside patients’ bodies every day, resulting in around 4,500 to 6,000 cases per year, according to the American ...

Two surgical sponges were left in a woman’s abdomen for at least six years, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The unidentified 42-year-old went to a primary care clinic ...