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HADRIAN ION on September 7, 2020 at 12:39 pm
Idea: Metal detectors in surgery doors
Link: https://www.thoughtco.com/objects-left-ins...

Good idea, but won’t catch all the sponges and tubes left in there – which is quite common according to this https://www.thoughtco.com/objects-left-inside-body-after-surgery-4061352

Surprising Objects Commonly Left Inside the Body After Surgery
Link: https://www.thoughtco.com/object

Each year, thousands of patients leave the hospital with surgical objects still inside their bodies, some of which include sponges and scissors.
Clever Dick on September 7, 2020 at 12:37 pm
Idea: Metal detectors in surgery doors
Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article...

Heard a few nightmare stories about this – would save lives no doubt if they made them mandatory.

Hospital patients can be saved from blunders by a mini metal detector
Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/heal

The handheld device is used after operations to detect pieces of equipment most commonly left behind after surgery, and is now being tested in a trial in Iowa involving 27,000 patients.