SureKits in the operating room

How it works

1. Before surgery

   With the instruments laid on the reading table, or checked with the collector over a non-metallic table, the count checks every item.

2. During the procedure

   If an instrument is thrown into the monitored bin, the CME is warned to check for possible breakage.

3. At the end of surgery

   The scrub nurse or nurse separates what was used from what was not, and the count is made with the collector in two steps, on the checking table.

4. Patient and procedure

   Each instrument is associated with the patient and procedure. When the module integrates with the operating room patient identification system, that record is made without typing.

Benefits

• Less reprocessing

  By identifying what is not used, the hospital can trim kits and cut reprocessing. The gain depends on the hospital; see the Evidence and ROI page.

• What was really used

  Monitors the instruments actually used during the procedure.

• Support for checking

  Warns about missing items in the count, as an aid to checking instruments.

• Problems recorded

  Automatically records instruments that are contaminated, need maintenance or have broken.

• Record per patient

  Associates each instrument with the patient and procedure, making the record required by Anvisa RDC 15/2012 easier.

• Room freed sooner

  Instant identification cuts counting time after surgery and raises room turnover.

The portable collector in action

Instruments on the table, checked by a portable collector.