RFiD Discovery is the recognised brand name for radio frequency identification solutions for the healthcare industry from Paragon ID, a global leader in identification solutions. Used in a growing number of hospitals across the UK for over 12 years, RFiD Discovery is the number one choice for active and passive RFID systems.
RFID technology connects billons of healthcare items and our solutions allow hospital staff to identify, locate, authenticate and engage with each item to deliver the best possible patient care while reducing costs. We provide automated and reliable data capture systems for hundreds of healthcare applications helping to
- improve patient safety
- manage surgical instruments
- support staff and patient workflows
- authenticate quality and sterilisation processes
- manage locations of medical equipment, medical notes and IT equipment
- improve estates asset management
- automate supply chain management and replenishment
Asset tracking
RFID Discovery is successfully being used by over 30 NHS trusts in the UK to track the locations of mobile assets such as infusion pumps, syringe drivers, scanners, monitors, wheelchairs, mattresses and beds. Automatically tracking the location of medical assets is proven to increase utilisation and therefore reduce capital expenditure. It has a positive impact on patient safety as it reduces the time to locate devices, so engineers can focus on core tasks of repairing and servicing devices while nurses can spend more time on patient care.
Sterile Services Tracking
Our sterile services tracking solution provides live data on the availability of endoscopes and surgical trays in storage and theatre areas to improve logistics, efficiency and patient safety. It offers the option of GS1 compliant tags.
Having visibility of the locations of surgical equipment helps improve utilisation levels to drive down capital costs, whilst the ability to identify individual endoscopes and other items supports incident reporting.
GS1 asset labelling
Our range of GS1 compliant passive RFID labels and wristbands are encoded with a unique ID, linked to a particular asset, person or location in the database. Using GS1 numbers to identify all medical devices as well as locations, staff, patients and products, supports the NHS Scan4Safety initiative by providing Trusts with reliable information about who did what to whom – when, where and why.
By incorporating RFID technology in GS1 labels, reading processes can be automated, saving both time and eliminating human error.
Theatre Inventory Management
Our Theatre Inventory Management system interfaces with your hospital inventory database to centralise and streamline the management of theatre supplies to free up time for clinical staff, optimise stock holding and minimise waste.
Using passive RFID labels on all theatre consumables means that all items used for operations can be tracked, enabling hospitals to accurately record usage for each operation and ensure reliable replenishment.
Temperature Monitoring
Our cost-effective temperature monitoring solution for hospital environments ensures regulatory compliance, improves patient safety and increases operational efficiency. The system automatically monitors temperature and humidity in critical environments such as vaccine stores to meet MHRA standards.
Removing the need for manual checks helps save time, reduce cost and eliminate errors. Temperature recordings are maintained in accordance with regulatory compliance and can be archived or made available for audit purposes.
For more information please call us on 0208 102 1883, email info@rfiddiscovery.com or visit our website www.rfiddiscovery.com
