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Curiously this sounds like a system that would be useful to lots of workplaces where hand tools curiously go missing! https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boe

• extrapickles 6y ago
  Variations on the foam cutout or outlines of tools have been in workshops for at least a century, as good tools are expensive. Its not done everywhere as it’s a pain to setup, and you need discipline to keep following it. Preventing surgical instruments is easier the more expensive the tool is. Anything over $5 can easily get a RFID tag and you can simply scan the patent then the work area to get accountability. The hard part is with gauze and other cheap items that can’t easily be tagged, and will be going inside the body, so they have very high biocompatibility requirements (eg: inks in spectrum transparent to blood might be too toxic to use).
  • projektfu 6y ago
    Many things like gauze sponges can be given a few radiopaque threads and an X-ray is taken after the surgery. It’s still no substitute for a good count of materiel.
• jansan 6y ago
  Handtools probably go missing more often than socks or pencils. It would be great to have a cheap NFC based system for even smallish workshops.
• nicbou 6y ago
  This technique is part of 5S, another bit of the Toyota Production System. Poka Yoke is part of Kaizen, IIRC.