Healthcare inventory control and asset management with RFID
Low-cost printable RFID tags can be placed on individual medications, supplies, surgical kits, and other pharmaceutical items. The tagged items are automatically tracked by RFID fixed readers installed in hospital warehouses, storage areas, doorways, or supply cabinets.
As assets move from place to place, healthcare institutions use SmartX HUB solution to get highly accurate inventory visibility in real time—counting items 25 times faster than barcode scans and raising inventory accuracy rates to over 95%.
Data about items can give insight into usage patterns, reveal places that might be short on itens, and help predict when and where an item might be needed immediately. Healthcare companies can thwart hoarding of supplies, prevent over-purchasing for safety stock, and determine when it’s time for replenishment. Moreover, staff can avoid wasting time looking for an item; with visibility enabled by SmartX HUB, they’ll know exactly where to find it.
At the most important Hospital in Latin America, Brazil, staff used to manage inventory by manually scanning barcodes on assets with handheld devices. When the hospital faces an increased demand for surgical procedures, it adopted the SmartX platform to process the surgical material orders of RFID-tagged surgical kits as they moved throughout the facility, including shipping and receiving areas. With our automated system, staff now have insight into where items are as they move between warehouses, surgical rooms, or pass through doorways.
