Patent ID: 7540287

Claim:
A system for use with a patient scheduled to have a particular procedure at a particular site on the patient's body, said procedure to be performed in a procedure room, said system for monitoring the patient's status to determine whether the particular site has been marked before the procedure is performed, said system comprising: a device having a first mode indicating that the particular site of the patient has not been marked and adapted to be applied to the patient's body prior to the procedure; a modifying device for modifying the first mode to a second mode of the device wherein the second mode indicates that the particular site of the patient has been marked, the second mode being different from the first mode, said modifying device adapted for use after the particular site has been marked on the patient's body; a detector located at the procedure room to detect that the device having the first mode is located within an area near or in the procedure room; and an alarm responsive to the detector for providing an indication that a device having the first mode and not having the second mode has been detected within the area near or in the procedure room.