Stryker announced its launch of the next generation of SurgiCount+ within its sponge management portfolio. Now integrated with Stryker's Triton technology, SurgiCount+ addresses two challenges: retained surgical sponges and blood loss assessment. Integrating these previously separate digital solutions provides the added benefit of a more efficient, streamlined workflow for hospitals.
Stryker's Triton software includes AI technology that can differentiate blood from other fluids and a Bluetooth scale that batch weighs blood-soaked items to help assess blood loss. This provides hospital staff with real-time information to help coordinate the clinical team's hemorrhage response and make informed patient care decisions.
Surgical sponges continue to be the number one retained surgical item with 88% of retained surgical items occurring with a false correct count. For nurses trying to locate a missing sponge in the operating room (OR), that can take up to 10 minutes on average. Stryker's SurgiCount+ software helps address these problems by featuring a wireless reader that counts, tracks and locates surgical sponges in the OR. RFID-tagged sponges enable unique identification, eliminating false-correct duplicate or unknown counts.
Additionally, recent studies show that nurse burnout is affecting more than half of all U.S. nurses. By integrating these two technologies into one solution, it provides additional benefits to hospitals and staff which includes:
Helping save time by standardizing clinical protocols for charting
Simplifying workflows and aggregating case data with backend data
Helping reduce manual data entry errors through real-time EMR integration
Tracking and communicating patient information with one seamless workflow
