title: A database for a computerized tracking system of surgical devices.
abstract: Computerized tracking systems of surgical devices are important hospital administrative tools for the management of quality and assessment of clinical risks. The main obstacles to setting up these systems are linked to the many different types of medical devices which need to be tracked. As result many devices are excluded from traceability to the detriment of patient safety. We design and developed a relational database for a tracking system considering also devices usually untracked.
authors.affiliation: BioMedical Informatics Laboratory, Bioengineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Duccio
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Armenise
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonacina
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pinciroli
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D007445:Inventories, Hospital / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007558:Italy; D012984:Software; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000145:classification*; D014584:User-Computer Interface