THE NEXT GENERATION
SOLUTION TO SURGICAL
SPONGE COUNTING
What is Tally™?
We have teamed up with Tally Surgical to bring you the next generation solution to the most common surgical adverse event – retained surgical sponges (RSS).
Tally simplifies and speeds up accurate sponge counting and helps find missing ones faster.
The Impact of Retained Surgical Sponges
RSS incidents affect both patients and healthcare teams. With 4,000 RSS incidents occurring annually in the U.S.1 and 11 patients affected daily1, manual counting alone isn’t enough.
92%
11-35%
$550,000+
The Layer of Confidence You’ve Been Missing
OR staff, perioperative nurses, and surgical teams know that accurate sponge counting is critical for patient safety. With retained surgical sponges being the #1 most common surgical adverse event4, Owens & Minor is proud to collaborate with Tally™ to bring you reliable technology that enables healthcare providers to more easily protect patients, staff, and the bottom line.
Tally™ RFID-Enabled Sponges & Towels
Complete Product Line
Full range of gauze sponges, lap sponges, L&D sponges and OR towels with built in RFID technology.
Unique ID on Every Item
Each item has its own unique ID, helping ensure accurate counts and providing the ability to help locate missing items.
Simplified Scanning
Scan multiple sponges and towels simultaneously, which maintain readability even when wet or twisted.
Fast and Accurate Counts
Fast Scanning
Scan up to 900+ sponges per second5 – dramatically faster than counting one sponge at a time.
Confirmatory Counts
Unique ID on every item helps ensure accurate confirmatory counts.
Locate Missing Items
Advanced technology helps guide users directly to locate missing sponges and towels.
Built To Support Your Processes
Works alongside your existing manual counting procedures without interfering.
Tally™ is designed to align with Association of Perioperative Nurses (AORN) recommendations for using adjunct technology to supplement manual counting procedures.
“Hospitals do not resist technology, they resist disruption. The speed and user-friendly nature of Tally allow it to seamlessly fit into existing workflows without slowing anyone down.”
-Vangie Dennis, MSN, RN, CNOR, CMLSO
Former AORN Board President and Tally Beta Tester
Easy Integration into Your OR
Tally™ sponges integrate seamlessly into your current procedures:
Small Footprint:
Handheld device requires minimal space in your OR
Simple Process:
Count in at case start, count out at case end
No Workflow Disruption:
Supports any manual counting approach you currently use
Quick Training:
Easy-to-learn system gets your team up and running fast
Ready to Improve Patient Safety?
Are you interested in seeing how Tally™ can work in your OR? Experience firsthand how RFID-enabled sponges can improve patient safety, speed up your counts, and give you confidence in every procedure.
Contact us to learn more about bringing Tally™ to your surgical team.
- Cima RR, Kollengode A, Gamatz J, et al. Incidence and characteristics of potential and actual retained foreign object events in surgical patients. J Am College of Surgeons, 2008;248:80-87
- Lauwers PR, Hee RHV. Intraperitoneal gossypiboma: The need to count sponges. World Journal of Surgery. 2000;24(5):521-527
- Sloane, Todd. The high cost of inaction: How retained surgical sponges quietly drain hospital finances and not-so-quietly harm organizational reputations. Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality. Aug, 2013. Web. Sept. 2015.
- The Joint Commission, Summary Data of Sentinel Events Reviewed by the Joint Commission, Most Commonly Reviewed Sentinel Event Types, Feb. 2019
- Actual Tally scanning results may vary and depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to the distance between the Tally scanner and Tally sponges, the condition of the Tally sponges and the number of Tally sponges presented to the scanner. www.tallysurgical.com