BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RF Surgical Systems, Inc. announced today that Mercy Medical Center Redding will be among the first medical centers in California to fully implement the RF Surgical Detection System in its operating rooms. The patented and FDA-approved RF Surgical Detection System scans for and signals an alert if any RF Detect™ tagged surgical sponges, gauze or towels remain in a patient prior to surgical closing procedures. Retained surgical sponges are one of the leading patient safety concerns in hospitals — occurring at an estimated rate of 1 in every 1,000 to 1,500 intra-abdominal surgeries, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
