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Texas A&M: Surgical Tools Better Accounted For With "Smart" Table
February 28, 2023
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news:

Scalpels, scissors, drain tips, needles, clamps -- these are just a few handheld instruments used before, during and after surgery. But how do medical professionals ensure all these tools are accounted for after the surgery? The method of accounting for the tools is by a handwritten checklist, which can result in human error.

A team of biomedical . . .

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