Better Safe Than Sorry: Surgeons Get Help Counting Sponges

Computerized systems for tracking equipment in operating rooms can reduce errors that hurt patients. The Mayo Clinic in Minnesota hasn't lost a sponge inside a patient in more than a year and a half. Read More...

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Posted Oct 06 2010, 11:50 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog