Systems and methods for tracking pharmaceuticals within a facility
First Claim
1. An apparatus for monitoring administration of medical products to a patient, each of the medical products comprising a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag for storing data related to the respective medical product, the apparatus comprising:
- a reader for substantially simultaneously reading RFID tags associated with a plurality of medical products to obtain the data stored in the RFID tags; and
a processor coupled to the reader for comparing the data obtained from the RFID tags with data associated with a patient to verify that the patient is intended to receive the medical products.
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Abstract
A pad is provided for monitoring administration of medical products to a patient, each of the medical products including a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag for storing data related to the respective medical product. The pad includes an RF antenna for reading RFID tags associated with medical products placed in close proximity to the pad to obtain data stored in the RFID tags. A processor coupled to the antenna compares the data with data associated with a patient to verify that the patient is intended to receive the medical products. The pad may include an output device that is activated when the processor detects a mismatch between the data from the RFID tags and the patient data. Optionally, the patient data may be accessed by a remote computer device communicating with the processor to verify that the patient is intended to receive the medical products.
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34 Claims
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1. An apparatus for monitoring administration of medical products to a patient, each of the medical products comprising a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag for storing data related to the respective medical product, the apparatus comprising:
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a reader for substantially simultaneously reading RFID tags associated with a plurality of medical products to obtain the data stored in the RFID tags; and
a processor coupled to the reader for comparing the data obtained from the RFID tags with data associated with a patient to verify that the patient is intended to receive the medical products. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for monitoring administration of medical products to a patient, each of the medical products comprising a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag for storing data related to the respective medical product, the apparatus comprising:
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a reader for reading the RFID tags associated with a plurality of medical products placed in close proximity to the reader to obtain the data stored in the RFID tags; and
a processor coupled to the reader for processing the data obtained from the RFID tags to identify the medical products. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for monitoring administration of a medical product to a patient, the medical product comprising a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag for storing data related to the medical product, the method comprising:
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reading the RFID tag associated with the medical product to obtain the data stored in the RFID tag;
accessing data associated with a patient; and
verifying that the patient is intended to receive the medical product by comparing the data obtained from the RFID tag with the data associated with the patient. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for identifying a plurality of medical products, each of the medical products comprising a for storing data related to the respective medical product, the method comprising:
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placing the plurality of medical products in close proximity to a RF antenna;
reading Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags associated with the medical products using the RF antenna to obtain the data stored in the RFID tags; and
identifying each of the plurality of medical products based upon the data obtained from the RFID tags. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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