Safety-Sponge System


Positive outcomes 
 start at zero
We’re all committed to successful surgical outcomes, and the largest non-sponsored study published to date on retained surgical sponges shows that the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge System helps you achieve that.1 As your safety net, it digitally verifies removal of each uniquely-coded sponge in real time and provides permanent, robust reports to back up your work.

SurgiCount Tablet

Accounting for the status of each and every unique sponge.

Safety-Sponge Products

Radiopaque and each uniquely-coded with a fluid-wicking tag.

SurgiCount360 Software

Virtually limitless individual, aggregate and customizable reports.

Competitive Comparison

Accountable from start to finish

Since 2009, more than 550 U.S. healthcare facilities have trusted the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge System, using 200 million of our sponges in 11 million procedures with zero retained surgical sponges. With real-time accounting of each sponge and explicit identification of any still outstanding, it will safeguard your success.

Mayo Clinic: The SurgiCount System reduced retained sponge occurrence from an average of every 64 days to zero.2

Mayo Clinic study, “Using a Data-Matrix-Coded Sponge Counting System”

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"The datamatrix-coded sponge system is a reliable and cost-effective technology that improves patient safety.”1

1.Robert Cima, M.D., M.A., Mayo Clinic “Using a Data-Matrix-Coded Sponge Counting System Across a Surgical Practice: Impact After 18 Months.”The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Volume 37, Number 2, Feb 2011:51-58.

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