Effective management and tracking of medications has always been a challenge in medical facilities in remote areas. Due to remote locations, limited resources, and complex management processes, ensuring the availability, safety, and effectiveness of medications has become a daunting task. However, with the continuous development of RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, this challenge is gradually being addressed. The KitCheck Anywhere solution launched by Bluesight provides new possibilities for medication tracking in remote hospitals.
Bluesight's KitCheck Anywhere solution is an innovative RFID technology application designed to improve the efficiency and accuracy of hospital medication management. The solution consists of refurbished RFID reading racks that can be used in multiple areas such as operating rooms, wards, and clean rooms, extending the visibility of medications from pharmacies to more corners of the hospital.
The core advantage of KitCheck Anywhere is its ability to provide retrofit solutions for existing shelves, coolers, or containers in hospitals. These retrofittable RFID shelf liners are able to detect the presence of RFID-tagged pharmaceutical products and forward the read data to a cloud-based software platform through a reader. This process enables hospitals to remotely view inventory in real time, greatly improving the tracking visibility of medications.
KitCheck Anywhere has demonstrated significant results in a pilot project at a hospital with 450 beds and 20 operating rooms. The hospital already used Bluesight's KitCheck solution, and KitCheck Anywhere was used as an add-on module to allow users to view drug-related data that had been entered into the system. With this solution, the hospital successfully achieved zero out-of-stock and zero-delay processes, while significantly reducing the expiration rate of drugs.
This solution is particularly important for remote hospitals. Due to their remote locations, it may be more difficult to replenish and replace drugs. KitCheck Anywhere helps hospitals better manage their drug inventory by providing real-time inventory information, ensuring that the required drugs can be quickly obtained when needed. In addition, the solution helps reduce waste caused by expired drugs, thereby saving costs.
In addition to improving the efficiency and accuracy of inventory management, KitCheck Anywhere also brings other advantages to remote hospitals. For example, in special environments such as clean rooms, staff are traditionally required to wear clean clothing to enter for inventory checks. With KitCheck Anywhere, pharmacists can view inventory in real time while wearing casual clothes, which not only improves work efficiency but also ensures the health and safety of staff.
It is worth mentioning that Bluesight is also working with some refrigerator manufacturers to transform KitCheck Anywhere into these manufacturers' units. This will link the RFID data of drug storage with the temperature measurement of the refrigerator itself, further improving the safety and effectiveness of drug management.
Bluesight's KitCheck Anywhere solution provides a new solution for drug tracking in remote hospitals. By applying RFID technology, the solution improves drug tracking visibility, management efficiency and accuracy, bringing tangible benefits to medical facilities in remote areas. With the continuous advancement of technology and the continuous promotion of applications, RFID technology will provide strong support for drug management in more remote hospitals in the future.
This paper is from Ulink Media, Shenzhen, China, the organizer of IOTE EXPO (IoT Expo in China)
