Reply to post: Re: Implants to have ID numbers on them.

Barcodes stamped on breast implants and medical equipment

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Re: Implants to have ID numbers on them.

In the US, this has been standard practice for years. And not just for implants, but for everything in the operating theatre right down to swabs. Everything is scanned in and then scanned out - that way you can be sure you haven't left something inside the patient that shouldn't be there.

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