Keeping track of thousands of pieces of equipment in a busy hospital environment is a considerable challenge, but, according to RFID tagging and asset tracking specialist, Harland Simon, RFID technology can make the task considerably simpler.
Here Andrew James, the company’s RFID sales manager, describes the positive benefits the technology has brought the Medical Equipment Library (MEL) at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, one of the world’s most famous teaching hospitals.
Aworld-renowned teaching hospital in Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital has an inventory of over 10,000 medical devices, and, in an average month, its Medical Equipment Library (MEL) handles over 2,000 equipment loans, with an average waiting time of under 10 minutes.
The challenge
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