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NEW DETECTION TOOL SAVES MEDICAL INDUSTRY MONEY
By greatly reducing the cost of replacing accidentally discarded medical instruments, the GuardianOR™ Surgical Instrument Detector will save the medical industry a great deal of money.
Medical Cost Containment Systems, LLC has announced the release of the GuardianOR™ Surgical Instrument Detector.
This remarkable new product is now available with orders being shipped around the USA. We've launched the GuardianOR™ with interests exceeding our wildest dreams, said Bill Gavlak, MCCS’s CEO. The response to the product from industry professionals has been overwhelmingly positive. Medical professionals and facility management can't wait to get them installed and are even more excited about the savings aspect, he noted.
The GuardianOR™ Surgical Instrument Detector is a loop type metal detector imbedded in the lid of a standard sized hamper stand that is designed to alert medical staff whenever a metal object such as surgical instruments and tools are accidentally discarded into medical waste receptacles or linen bags. By sounding an immediate alert, the staff is able to quickly retrieve the discarded instruments at the point of loss. A digital numeric counter tracks the number of detection events that pass through the detector, thereby allowing staff to easily determine the effectiveness of the detector, and the alertness and performance of personnel in the OR suite. The use of the GuardianOR™ enables staff to have their awareness raised, and good habits reinforced in order to help prevent loss of costly surgical instruments.
The GuardianOR has a quick payback and provides a substantial return on investment since the retrieval and loss prevention of even a small amount of instruments can easily substantiate the cost of the system. The GuardianOR™ even functions as a theft deterrent since it provides measurable accountability standards of surgical instruments to a specific OR suite. Loss of medical instruments cost the industry millions of dollars each month. An independent study is being conducted which analyzes the use of metal detectors designed to fit on the top of waste receptacles for the benefit of reducing surgical instrument costs and to help develop staff proficiencies in the OR suite.
The GuardianOR™ Surgical Instrument Detector is key-operated, preventing staff from circumventing the detector. This feature was requested by several of our testers, said Gavlak. Only supervisors, or those holding the keys, can turn the detector on or off in order to ensure monitoring of the digital counter. This feature allows for aid in awareness of loss.
The detector fits snugly onto a 15” X 15” PVC hamper stand which is the most commonly used stand in operating rooms. We consulted many medical facilities and suppliers before deciding to match our product to this popular style of hamper stand, Gavlak noted.
Medical facilities can spend tens of thousands of dollars annually replacing surgical instruments. The relatively low cost of the GuardianOR™ Surgical Instrument Detector means that it can pay for itself in a very short time. We've already had an enormous amount of inquiries from facilities and GPO’s that want them in every one of their operating rooms, noted Gavlak. Clearly, the demand for this product is huge.
The Patented GuardianOR™ Surgical Instrument Detector is available from Medical Cost Containment Systems, LLC
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Contact: Bill Gavlak
Medical Cost Containment Systems, LLC (800) 395-1646
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