The present disclosure relates to systems, devices and methods for identifying displacement of a surgical tool during a surgical procedure. An illustrative surgical system includes a surgical tool, an electromagnetic (EM) sensor, an EM navigation system including an EM field generator configured to generate an EM field and an EM tracking system configured to track the EM sensor within the EM field, and a computing device including a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to receive a position of a target within the EM field, receive tracking data from the EM tracking system regarding a position of the EM sensor, determine that the surgical tool is placed proximate the target, determine that the EM sensor has moved after the surgical tool is placed proximate the target, and provide an alert.
