Equipment Tracking Products
"Never" Events Occur 4,000 Times Every Year
December 21, 2012 11:42 am | News | CommentsAfter a cautious and rigorous analysis of national malpractice claims, Johns Hopkins patient safety researchers estimate that a surgeon in the United States leaves a foreign object such as a sponge or a towel inside a patient's body after an operation 39 times a week, performs the wrong procedure on a patient 20 times a week and operates on the wrong body site 20 times a week.
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EASY-TAG Tracking System
November 27, 2012 10:55 am | by Scanlan | Scanlan International, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsScanlan offers its EASY-TAG tracking system with custom printing. According to the company, the offering is available in seven handle colors. The system allows hospitals to pre-print unique messages which are key to the organization and processing of surgical instrumentation and devices.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsRepair Tracker™ Scope Repair Tracking Tool
January 17, 2011 5:39 am | Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsSpectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. is pleased to introduce Repair Tracker™, the company’s scope repair tracking tool which provides internet-based tracking of your scope throughout the repair process. The service offers confidential customer access to the repair progress, with detailed repair history and search capabilities—by model, serial number, or purchase order number.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsRadio Frequency Surgical Detection Technology
December 13, 2010 5:28 am | Product Releases | CommentsRF Surgical Systems, Inc., the market leader in the prevention and detection of retained surgical sponges, today announced the availability of the RF Assure™ Detection System. This next generation platform, powered by RF Surgical’s market-leading radio-frequency detection technology, features an ingenious automatic detection mat for “hands-free” patient scanning, an easy-to-operate touch screen color display, a new patient data recording module and a powerful processor to enable faster, accurate and reliable scanning while promoting staff confidence and compliance.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsReal-Time Location System Tracks Equipment And Patients
November 10, 2010 5:51 am | Product Releases | CommentsVHA, Inc. has selected RadarFind, a TeleTracking company, to provide its real-time locating distributed sensor network to VHA's 1,400 member hospitals to track equipment, patients and staff for improved operational efficiency and patient care. According to the company, RadarFind's patented real-time location system (RTLS) will help VHA members reduce capital expenditures and staff time spent on routine processes.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsKit Information Tracking System
January 22, 2010 6:24 am | Product Releases | CommentsAdvanTech’s QLM KITS system is designed to provide an alternative to high cost systems in support of OR and Central Sterile activities. KITS is a module of the company’s Quality Logistics Management (QLM) system and provides enhanced instrument processing, efficiency and saves hospitals money.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsAccount For High-Cost Supplies
January 18, 2010 7:04 am | Stanley Innerspace | Product Releases | CommentsStanley Innerspace’s embedded Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) clinical supply management solution, SPACETRAX plus RFID, uses RFID technology and biometric security access to reliably and accurately track and account for high-cost clinical supplies in real time.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsScope Repair Tracking Tool
January 13, 2010 7:10 am | Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsSpectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. introduces the Repair Tracker™, the company’s scope repair tracking tool which provides internet-based tracking of your scope throughout the repair process. According to the company, the service offers: Confidential customer access to the repair progress, with detailed repair history and search capabilities—by model, serial number, or purchase order number.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsTissue Management And Tracking System
August 19, 2009 9:49 am | Surgical Information Systems | Product Releases | CommentsUntitled Document SIS Trax, a Web-based application from Surgical Infomation Systems is easy to use and provides the means for hospitals to standardize their processes for acquiring, receiving, storing, and allocating tissues. With advanced filtering and alerts, hospitals can accurately track tissues, reduce waste and manage their tissue inventory efficiently.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsInstrument Detection System
May 22, 2009 11:09 am | Meddetect, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMedDetect Inc. introduces the MD-2000 Surgical Instrument Detection System designed to pinpoint and detect surgical instruments lost in soiled linen and waste bags. According to the company, the MD-2000 Electro-magnetic Detector functions as an insurance back-up to a hospital's surgical instrument tracking system, with hospitals purchasing the MD-2000 having demonstrated considerable savings in their lost instrument replacement budget.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsOn The Right Track
April 20, 2009 5:43 am | by Amanda McGowan | Surgical Information Systems | Product Releases | CommentsThe SIS Trax system manages tissue throughout its lifecycle, helping to prevent patient safety errors and optimize the hospital's bottom line. The operating room is nearly every hospital's biggest source of revenue—and its most costly department. Along with using expensive surgical instruments and resources on a daily basis, OR professionals are handling expensive pieces of inventory in the form of surgical tissue.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsTissue And Implant Module
April 20, 2009 5:43 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Pyxis ProcedureStation™ system with Tissue and Implant module from Cardinal Health helps increase patient safety, streamline hospital workflow and increase compliance with Joint Commission standards for managing tissue, biologics and other implantables. According to the company, the product offers: Tracking of tissue and biologics from the receiving dock through patient implantation or disposal.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsIntegrated Tracking and Compliance
April 20, 2009 5:43 am | Omnicell | Product Releases | CommentsOmnicell, Inc. introduces its Omnicell Tissue Center solution that, with the latest release of Omnicell OptiFlex™ 10.0 advanced supply chain management software, helps hospitals increase efficiency of tissue tracking processes and comply with regulations and recommendations by the Joint Commission and Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsSurgical Sponge RFID Tracking System
May 19, 2008 10:22 am | Product Releases | CommentsCardinal Health has reached an agreement to distribute ClearCount’s patented SmartSponge™ system as part of its Presource® surgical kits and as a stand alone offering. The sponges are permanently affixed with passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tags that are smaller than a dime.
LISTED UNDER: Equipment Tracking ProductsInstrument Management Solutions
May 15, 2008 6:33 am | Steris Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsThe Instrument Management Solution from STERIS allows users to manage reprocessing cycles down to the instrument level. The system provides detailed, accurate information and control over marked instruments as they move through the reprocessing cycle. Instrument Management Solution controls count sheets, manages trays and employs barcodes to allow management of individual instruments.
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