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Harland Simon said that its RFiD Discovery inventory management system helped the British Addenbrooke Hospital (run by the CUH Trust) optimize inventory management and reduce waste. In this way, nurses at Addenbrooke Hospital can spend more time caring for patients.
Addenbrooke Hospital is using the RFiD Discovery inventory management system to track items in use. In this solution, a passive RFID tag is attached to the plastic hand-held position of the medical tool box used for loading items. The solution can automatically transfer usage data into CUH’s inventory database to ensure accurate inventory records.
CUH is the first trust hospital in the UK to use RFID technology to manage medical supplies. CUH prepares approximately 100 to 120 tool boxes and 50 first aid tool boxes every day. Centralized inventory management eliminates the need to manage items individually in this area. In this way, nurses can spend more time on patient care.
All required items are placed in a specific patient’s tote box with passive RFID tags attached. The staff will use a handheld scanner to read the bar code to obtain information about all the items in the tool box.
Phillip Lapish, Supply Chain Manager at Addenbrooke Hospital, said: “The system can help hospitals reduce tool preparation costs and allow nurses to focus on patient care. According to statistics, the cost of each operation has been reduced by 2.5-7.4%.”
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