The NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital uses UHF RFID to control drug distribution.
The assembly of medicine trays takes time and must be error-free. UHF RFID technology enables accurate and fast drug allocation. Inventory accuracy in the pharmaceutical industry has thus been increased to 100 percent.
The NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn / New York (USA) is a facility with 650 beds. The non-profit teaching hospital specializing in acute care was founded in 1871.
The process of preparing medication trays for the surgical area and emergency room is time-consuming and inefficient. At least two employees - a pharmaceutical technician to select the drugs and a pharmacist to verify the composition - were involved. The entire manual verification process took about 30 minutes. The costly, time-consuming and manual process could not 100% eliminate errors in the records, medication shortages or expired shelf life.
Objective
The drugs are labeled with an RFID label by a third-party supplier. In the storage area, an employee places the medication on the designated tray on the basis of a medication list.
The tray is placed in a stationary cabinet with RFID technology. Within a few seconds, all tagged medicines are recorded. The software system provides information on each individual medication on the tray and compares this stock with the list of requirements.
In case of an incorrect refill or an expired expiration date, a notification is stored in the IT system for correction.
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