Evaluation of Surgical Instruments With Radiofrequency Identification Tags in the Operating Room.

CONCLUSIONS: Surgical instruments can be tracked during surgery, and this tracking can clarify the usage rate of each instrument and serve as a backup method of instrument counting. However, this study was conducted on a small scale, and RFID tags cannot be attached to small surgical instruments used in complex operations such as neurosurgery. Further efforts to develop a tracking system for these instruments are warranted.
PMID: 29716450 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Surgical Innovation - April 1, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Yamashita K, Kusuda K, Ito Y, Komino M, Tanaka K, Kurokawa S, Ameya M, Eba D, Masamune K, Muragaki Y, Ohta Y, Rinoie C, Yamada K, Sawa Y Tags: Surg Innov Source Type: research