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RFID technology in the hospital

RFID refers to a technology for receiving and sending data without contact.
An RFID system consists of a transponder, a reader that can identify the transponder using electromagnetic waves, and the software for digital management.

RFID technology is suitable for mass reading of entire instrument trays and the application of an RFID tag does not result in any change to the surgical instrument. The major advantages over other technologies such as datamatrix or barcode are the high security of the system and the good readability of the transponder.

RFID service station

The reprocessing of medical devices has a major impact on healthcare costs. RFID technology enables hospitals to continuously track surgical instruments without contact, reducing costs and thus increasing efficiency over the entire life cycle of an instrument.

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Module
 

Module 1: Administration

  • Complete digital overview and monitoring of the entire instrument cycle
  • Lifetime tracking of the instruments
  • Documentation of used products in patient file on individual product level
  • Smooth process flows
  • UDI compliance

Module 2: Packing station

  • Overview of the instruments in the set
  • Efficiency increase due to easier and faster packing of screens
  • Competeness of the trays

Module 3: Rules and service

  • Efficient, proactive repair management through product-specific rules
  • Overview of the condition of the instruments
  • Automatic monitoring of regular service intervals
  • Increased value retention of the instruments through stored function control
  • Extending the life of the instrumentation
  • Improved cleaning due to stored disassembly instructions

Module 4: CheckBox Set OR

  • Digital overview and monitoring of set contents
  • No instruments left behind in the operating room
  • Increase of patient safety
  • Complete sets
  • No manual counting / searching of missing instruments
  • Bulk reading by special high power RFID laser
  • Registration of single instruments
  • Life cycle monitoring
  • Registration of a service request directly in the operating room
  • Display the existing rules of the instrument

Module 5: CheckBox Set RUMED

  • Digital overview and monitoring of set contents
  • No instruments left behind in the operating room
  • Complete sets
  • Bulk reading by special high power RFID laser
  • No manual counting / searching of missing instruments

Module 6: Gates

  • No manual scanning necessary
  • Digital overview and monitoring of goods movement in real time
  • Calculation of lead times to improve efficiency
  • Tracking and tracing instrument shrinkage

Module 7 & 8: OR / RUMED status

  • Digital overview and monitoring of the entire process in the OR, especially the instrument cycle and requirements
  • More efficient OR planning through better planning of product availability
  • Automated tray optimization
  • RUMED: Simplification of the replenishment warehouse (inventory & procurement)
  • Generation of data and possibility of extraction from the database
  • Smooth process flow

Success factors
 

  • Simplification of replenishment warehouse through tagging (inventory, procurement)
  • Efficient repair management through product-specific rules
  • Efficiency increase due to faster packing of trays
  • Quality increase of packed trays due to completeness and functionality
  • Lifetime tracking of individual medical devices
  • UDI compliance
  • Real-time localization of products and trays
  • Shortened OR changeover times thanks to automated bulk reading of trays
  • Improve patient care and safety by preventing forgotten products
  • Documentation of used products in patient file on individual product level
  • More efficient OR planning through better planning of product availability
  • Tracking and tracing instrument shrinkage
  • Increased efficiency through (semi) automatic tray optimization

Please contact us directly at:

rfid_de@klsmartin.com

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