RFID technology plays an important role in the medical industry, can be realized through the equipment with RFID tags for people or goods tracking, identification and management, to improve the quality of health care, enhance the efficiency of medical personnel, enhance information security and other aspects of the positive role, but also for the health care institutions and patients have brought many benefits.
Advantages of RFID technology in the medical field
Efficiency:The use of RFID technology can quickly and accurately obtain information about items and improve work efficiency;
Automatization: Automated management and reduced manual intervention through connection to computer systems;
Safety: The use of RFID tags can prevent the theft or misuse of medication or equipment;
Temporality: Real-time monitoring of the location and status of medication or equipment to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner;
Traceability: By labeling and recording a drug or device, it is possible to trace its entire life cycle.
Application of RFID technology in hospital management
1.Patient management
By equipping each patient with a bracelet or card with RFID tags, positioning and tracking can be done within the hospital and patient information can be obtained in a timely manner, making it easy for caregivers to carry out effective management.
2.Asset Management
RFID tags are used to tag various assets within the hospital, and their location and status are determined by scanning and reading, so as to better maintain assets and improve efficiency.
3.Employee management
Equip employee ID cards or work badges with RFID chips to automatically identify when entering and exiting the access control area, and can record employee attendance and other information.
RFID technology applications in patient tracking and monitoring
1.Patient health monitoring
Sensors with RFID tags are used to monitor patient temperature, blood pressure, and other metrics and transmit the data to a cloud-based server.
2.Medical records management
Each patient is given a bracelet or card with a special code before their visit so that all their relevant information can be easily found and treatment can be completed quickly and accurately.
3.medical checkup
For example, RFID tags installed on ECG instruments, blood pressure monitors, and other screening devices can automatically collect data and send them to a database, making it easy to analyze the results.
Application of RFID Technology in Pharmaceutical Management
1.Pharmacy management
The use of RFID tags to uniquely encode each drug and record its entry and exit, storage conditions and other information to facilitate the realization of automated management of the pharmacy.
2.Herbal material management
For herbal materials that require precise quality and quantity control, specially coded pouches are added at the time of warehousing and scanned using read-write devices to ensure accurate quality and quantity.
3.Process control for the production of herbal preparations
In order to ensure stable and reliable quality, pouches with special codes are installed at each production stage and scanned and read by read-write devices to ensure that the production process is under control.
Application of RFID Technology in Operating Room Management
1.Glove/surgical garment tracking
Install RFID tags on gloves/surgical garments to record wear time and track sterilization in a timely manner.
2.operating room
Based on the tracking of gloves/surgical garments, RFID technology is utilized to establish a correlation between gloves/surgical garments and other hand-held devices to achieve smarter operations.
Overall, the application of RFID technology in the healthcare field provides more efficient, accurate and secure application solutions for the healthcare industry. It effectively improves the workflow of healthcare organizations in asset management, patient tracking, drug management, infection control and consumables management, and makes positive contributions to the provision and quality control of healthcare services.
