The Clinical Engineering team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital has improved the management of medical equipment by tracking assets with a RFID system, resulting in reduced costs and improved patient flow.
Based in the heart of Derbyshire’s Peak District, Chesterfield Royal Hospital is a sprawling, low rise building – so designed to adhere to strict planning restrictions in an area of natural beauty. Each year, its team of 4,500 staff and 150 volunteers across 20 wards oversee 550 beds, many of which are used to care for the 22,000 patients that receive complex surgery.
The hospital delivers over 2,500 babies a year and treats 96,000 patients in its A&E department. Add to this the 8 million pathology tests that are carried out annually, Chesterfield Hospital’s position within the community is undeniably important.
However, as the hospital is so spread out, valuable time can be lost searching and walking thousands of steps to track down and retrieve medical devices that had been moved to another ward. These delays can be life-altering
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