Rady Children’s Hospital adopts UHF RFID technology to realize rapid replenishment of narcotic drugs
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California medical institutions adopt UHF with MEPS Real-Time RFIDThe “trolley” manages drugs to improve the efficiency of drug management and the safety of patients’ medication, to ensure the rationality of patients’ medication, and to prevent the misuse of expired drugs.
During the operation, the management of anesthetics is time-consuming and laborious, but this is very important for the entire operation. In order to realize the automatic replenishment of medicines, improve work efficiency, and reduce the error rate, Rady Children’s Hospital adopts a medicine tray management system based on passive UHF RFID technology provided by MEPS Real-Time.
Rady Children’s Hospital is the largest children’s hospital in California, affiliated to the University of California San Diego School of Medicine; the hospital has 520 beds and treated a total of 192,000 patients in 2013.
As shown in the figure, put the medicine in the car, close the door, the information of the medicine inside will be displayed on the LCD screen, and check whether there is any missing or expired medicine.
Before the adoption of RFID technology, the inspection and supplementation of narcotic drugs were all done manually. The staff needs to check the remaining amount of medicines and whether they are expired in time, and replenish them. The inspection process is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
To this end, the Children’s Hospital seeks an automated solution that can improve inventory management efficiency and optimize labor. On the other hand, in terms of safety, to ensure the timely delivery of medicines and prevent the existence of expiration.
On July 7, the hospital installed a medicine storage box and tray management system called Intelliguard provided by MEPS Real-Time. So far, MEPS has labeled 17,000 medicines, recorded information about 200 pallets of medicines in the system, and trained dozens of staff.
MEPS has developed several Intelliguard medical solutions based on RFID technology, including temperature control boxes and automatic dispensing devices. At the end of last year, the company launched the Intelliguard drug storage box and tray management system, and conducted trials at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego from December 2010 to August 2011. The plan includes a “trolley” that integrates a medicine dispenser and inventory management. The medicine tray is placed in the cart and the Impinj Speedway Revolution RFID reader is embedded at the same time.ReaderIt can be used to encode new labels, verify the effectiveness of specified trays of medicines, and view detailed information about lost or expired medicines. MEPS Real-Time also provides a self-developed adhesive UHF passive small tag, using Impinj Monza 4 chip, and Impinj’s B42 reference design antenna.
Rady Hospital enters the name of the newly received medicine into the Intelliguard software, and writes the unique ID code into the label through the cart.
Labels are also affixed to the pallets, and the hospital has affixed labels on 81 pallets of three different types. Different types of trays store different medicines. This solution can detect whether the medicines are placed in a suitable position.
After the operation, the tray returns to the pharmacy, puts it in the “trolley”, and counts the medicines in the tray. The reader in the “trolley” reads the ID of the tag, and displays the information on the used or about to expire medicine on the cart screen, and the staff collects the medicine from the medicine shelf and refills it to the tray. Once the scan confirms that the tray is loaded with medicines correctly, the trays of medicines are ready for the next operation.
The read tag data is stored in independent data software, of course, it can also be integrated into the hospital’s inventory management or charging system. MEPS revealed that most customers prefer independent software systems, and independent system data loading will be faster. MEPS has signed more than 100 contracts in the medical system.
The RFID system improves the work efficiency of hospital staff. In most hospitals, it takes half an hour or more to manually check supplemental medicines, but the RFID solution only takes 2 minutes. The program is very convenient to operate, and the staff can be taught within 15 minutes.
The worker uses the RFID reader in the “trolley” to read his/her badge ID, and the Intelliguard software determines whether there is permission to check or replenish.
The hospital believes that the program saves labor time when a certain drug needs to be recalled or quickly located. Of course, the system has many other advantages to be explored.
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