User's Manual

Table Of Contents
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Chapter 4: System Operation
Chapter 4 explains operating the SmartSponge Flex by describing the following functions:
Beginning a Case
Standby Mode
Scanning Items Into Surgery
Scanning Items Out of Surgery
Pausing a Case
Scanning a Patient for Retained Items
Using the SmartWand
Detecting the SmartTag
Ending a Surgical Case
Counts Equal
Counts Not Equal
Restoring Power
Warning!
For the system to function, use only ClearCount disposables.
Do not place sponges from a previous surgical case into the Count Out Basin.
This will cause the sponge counts not to reconcile properly.
Do not cut or tear SmartSponge disposables, as this may cause the RFID tags
to become separated from the disposables.