RFID to improve health care in Brazil
The Instituto Data Rio uses radiofrequency technology to controls diverse items in health units
The IDR, constituted in July 11th, 2005, is a Civil Association, and private legal non-profit entity. In its Responsive Care Units (Unidade de Pronto Atendimento, or UPAs), it decided to innovate its management system and create automatized control methods with RFID and protocols that fight hospital infection.
Atrio Rio is a company which works in the market of outsourcing and has more than two thousand hired professionals. Currently, outsourcing certain sectors of a company has been the most efficient way of managing, as it enables the focus of the company to be exclusively aimed at its end activities.
About the Solution
The Client: The IDR, constituted in July 11th, 2005, is a Civil Association, and private legal non-profit entity. In its Responsive Care Units (Unidade de Pronto Atendimento, or UPAs), it decided to innovate its management system and create automatized control methods with RFID and protocols that fight hospital infection.
Proposed Challenge: Establishing a logistic control for the usage of allocated assets in the health care unit. Better care for the population in general. Avoiding hospital infection risk.
Equipment: M6 readers, Edge-50, GPIO-100, AT-870 collector and Inlay tags which work on Gen2 protocol.
Solution: Identification passage portals were installed in strategic points for flux control of resources in the health care unit. UHF tags were used for medication control, using the paperless method which automatically informs the pharmaceutist which medicaments were scheduled and automatizing the inventory counting system. It was also used for Asset Control, Cleaning Asset Control, Laundry Control and Uniform Control, not allowing professionals to exit the work environment wearing uniform (avoiding infection risks).
Functioning: Atrio Rio developed a system, installed in the UPA (Unidade de Pronto Atendimento) of Mesquita, in Rio de Janeiro, which allows patrimonial control, the tracking of cleaning assets and medication control. In order to reduce hospital infection, medical uniforms and blankets received RFID chips, and, in the future, cleaning assets will also be monitores, as well as medicines and syringes.
Features / Practical improvements: Identification passage portals were installed in strategic points for flux control of resources in the health care unit, using equipment such as PDAs and Gen2 protocol-enabled readers.
Gains / Benefits: Unit management system integration, automatized control of uniforms, working goods, cleaning assets and medications.
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