RFiD technology has been helping the clinical engineering department at Plymouth NHS Trust effectively manage medical devices during the pandemic. Now the Trust plans to roll out the technology to other areas, including sterile services.
After only recently embarking on the implementation of an RFiD Discovery system to track their 35,000 medical devices, GS1 demonstrator site University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) is already seeing benefits of the new technology during the current coronavirus crisis.
The system has been installed as part of the Scan4Safety programme using GS1 compliant UHF tags to manage assets. It is intended to reduce the amount of time clinical staff spend looking for medical devices in the Trust’s 12-story Derriford hospital. Furthermore, it provides visibility of available assets, helps ensure that maintenance is carried out to schedule and avoids unnecessary overstocking of equipment.
Real-time visibility of devices
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