User's Manual

4-12 Chapter 4: System Operation
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Press ACCEPT and the system will prompt you to confirm your action to add the detected sponge
(and the rest of the pack’s contents) into the surgical case’s counts and break protocol. Press ACCEPT
again to confirm the action and all absent sponges from the same pack as the accepted sponge
automatically become accepted into the case. The pack contents will be added to the IN column, with
the detected sponge entered into the OUT column. The subsequent sponges from the pack will not
need to be accepted; they will already exist in the FIND column. A message will then be displayed
stating that protocol has been broken (this will not affect system performance or function). See
Figure 4-10 .
• COUNT IN
It is recognized that additional sponges may need to be added during a surgical case. It is possible
that sponges brought to the SmartSponge Flex for the intention of scanning them into the case could
first be detected by the Count Out Basin if the system is in Count Out mode. This will trigger the
Broken Protocol Warning. In this instance, you should select to go to Count In mode. Pressing the
COUNT IN button transitions the system into COUNT IN mode for scanning sponge packs into the
case.
Continue by following the instructions for Scanning Items Into Surgery. See page 4-4.
Note
• If you are unsure what to do when Broken Protocol is triggered, press
DECLINE.