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Surgical Tools to Include RFID

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-just-remember-to-use-the-wand dept.

andrewman327 writes "Reuters is reporting that hospitals are considering embedding RFID tags in surgical tools to prevent leaving them in patients. After closing a patient, doctors would wave a receiver over the body to look for the chips which would indicate that something was left inside. The biggest current stumbling block is the chip's size, though scientists hope they will continue shrinking as the state of the art advances."

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  1. A better idea... by KingSkippus · · Score: 5, Funny
    After closing a patient, doctors would wave a receiver over the body to look for the chips which would indicate that something was left inside.

    I have a better idea.

    Before closing a patient, doctors would wave a receiver over the body to look for the chips which would indicate that something was left inside.

    The timing would be a little better, don't you think?

  2. What Happens... by dduardo · · Score: 5, Funny

    What happens if they forget the reciever inside the person?

    Doctor: Nurse, hand me the wand.
    Nurse: Don't know where it is.
    Doctor: Oh well, I'm sure I didn't leave anything inside.

  3. Re:AFTER they close the patient?-for repairs. by gardyloo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyway put the patient on a non-metallic table and run a metal detector over them.

        Doctor: "Where's the table?"
        Nurse: "It was right here under the patient, who seems to be lying on the floor... "
        Doctor: "Oh... Where shall we have lunch?"

  4. So that's why... by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...I keep getting an unexplained $248.99 charge at the Target express line!

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    He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
  5. Re:Do you not think it is strange... by Dun+Malg · · Score: 4, Funny
    Auto mechanics seem to know how to keep from leaving a wrench inside the engine that they had in pieces.
    I have a really nice 3/8" drive Snap-On ratchet, extension, and 13mm socket that say otherwise.
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    If a job's not worth doing, it's not worth doing right.