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How IoT Sensors Are Preventing Surgical Instrument Errors
Episode 73 of Internet of Things with Fexingo explores a surprising patient safety application: IoT-tagged surgical instruments that prevent retained foreign objects and instrument mis-sterilization. Lucas and Luna examine a 2025 case study from a large US hospital system where RFID-tagged sponges and scalpels reduced retained-object incidents by 100% over 18 months, and how sensor-data integration with autoclaves cut sterilization failures by 40%. They discuss the technology — ultra-high-frequency RFID tags embedded in instrument handles, temperature and pressure sensors in sterilizers — and…
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