Patent ID: 7596426
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) receiving an indication that plural medical items having different characteristics have been removed for use in a surgical procedure, including an indication that a first quantity of a medical item having a first characteristic has been manually removed from a first storage location in a medical facility, (b) wherein second removal data is received from a barcode scanner that indicates that the first quantity has been removed from the first storage location for the patient, (c) performing a determination that the first removal data is consistent with the second removal data and generating third removal data subsequent to performing the determination, (d) subsequent to step (d), receiving return data from the sensor that indicates that a second quantity of the first quantity removed in step (a) that was not used in the surgical procedure has been returned to the first storage location, and