Prevent one of the most common "Never Events"

Did you know?

• Retained Foreign Objects (RFOs) are the most common adverse surgical event reported, occurring in 1 out of every 5, 500 procedures. ¹
• The majority of RFOs occur in patients with "correct counts" and manual counting as a primary mechanism to avoid RFOs is unreliable. ²
• RFOs impact patient outcomes, add unnecessary costs to the healthcare system, damage the reputation of institutions and are no longer being reimbursed by CMS and some third-party payers.
• The average legal settlement is $250,000 with many settlements in excess of $1 million.

Protect your staff, your patients and your bottom line with the Safety-Sponge^® System from SurgiCount Medical, Cardinal Health preferred solution for the prevention of RFOs.

Features and benefits of the Safety-Sponge^® system:

• Computer assisted counting and electronic documentation using serialized data matrix bar-coded product and hands-free scanners
• Safe, simple and easily adopted
• The most cost-effective approach to preventing RFOs
• Used by over 275 hospitals, including 7 U.S. News and World Report "Best Hospitals"
• More than 120 million Safety-Sponges® successfully accounted for in more than six million surgical procedures
• Provides post-operative, evidence-based outcomes via tracking individual sponges and other procedure specific data through the use of the Citadel File Manager
• Backed by a $1 million per incident indemnification program
• Supports AORN recommended practices for counting
• Surgical sponges are individually and uniquely bar-coded to prevent double counting

**Take patient safety to a higher level with the new Surgical Checklist Performance and Documentation System.

• Touch screen performance of fully customizable safe surgery checklists
• Complete surgical checklist compliance and documentation solution