Health Sector | ZeusRFID Solutions

With the RFID tag, the patient is identified quickly, reducing waiting times and bottlenecks. In addition, locating patients becomes easy, wherever they are on the premises of a health unit.

Also, with RFID we can relate the patient and the medication he is taking. This eliminates the risk of misdiagnosis in patients and further reduces drug waste.

Surgical instruments such as scalpels, clamps, etc., are needed daily for surgeries. Therefore, this equipment must always be available, clean, disinfected and ready for use. Checking this material with RFID tags ensures that each tool is sterilized before use and is available.

The technology can be applied to other items, consumables and non-consumables. From gauze, vials and other everyday objects, to the monitoring of blood, plasma, bottles etc. ensuring the safety of materials and their continuous adequacy and availability.

The health units use a variety of instruments, machines, diagnostic tools but also furniture, electronic devices, etc. Most of them are high value items and may occasionally be missing or in the wrong place.

Monitoring and managing such items is very important for clinics and hospitals because replacing them costs money. In addition, some of these assets are not immediately available and will take time to replace. The contribution of an RFID system to tracking these assets within a healthcare facility minimizes these challenges.

Security is another aspect that we use RFID in order to restrict access to certain rooms or areas. Such an application prevents unauthorized access to sensitive areas.

It also provides a level of security that prevents theft or damage, protecting patients, medicines and medical equipment.

Towels, blankets and sheets, medical staff uniforms are just a few examples of clothing found in every hospital.

Each of these items must be washed and disinfected for use before the next patient is admitted.

An effective way to track these items, as well as to ensure that they are sterile, is by using an RFID system.

Special type linen labels are placed on the clothing. The staff thus knows the quantities available, the degree of wear and the people who used them.

Hospitals have a dynamic supply of medicines and consumables that must be monitored in order to maintain the right stocks for patients. The use of RFID can reduce inventory time by allowing medicines to be measured more frequently, ensuring accurate data and sufficient quantities of medicines.

Some hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers also use RFID tags for authentication purposes. Counterfeiting is on the rise due to the high cost often associated with prescription drugs. Thus, many companies have chosen to use RFID as an authentication or anti-counterfeiting resource. This is achieved by placing an RFID tag on or inside a bottle or medicine box and encrypting it with specific information so that hospitals and pharmacies can verify that the medicines they have are genuine.

Tamper proof RFID tags are also used in these applications to ensure quality and authenticity.