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The use of radio frequency identification (RFID) in tracking surgical sponges and reducing wrong-site surgeries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)There has been some promising research in the use of RFID technology to ensure that medical sponges are not mistakenly left in surgical patients--estimated to occur once in every 10,000 open cavity surgeries. However, the ...