RFID Medical Supply Monitoring And Tracking System
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1. A medical supplies RFID tracking system comprising:
- a medicine trolley having one or more storage compartments, a RFID controller, a RFID reader, and a wireless communication unit operable to communicate with a database; and
a communication device issued to a health care staff.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a medical supply monitoring and tracking system (100). In one embodiment, the system (100) includes a medicine trolley (300). A storage compartment (312,314,316) of the medicine trolley (300) has two RFID antennae (340) aligned substantially orthogonal to each other for monitoring a RFID tag (360) on each medical supply (350). In another embodiment, the system (100) also includes a communication device (210) and a staff identification card (222). The communication device (210) includes a functional module, each relevant for a doctor (223), a nurse (225), a pharmacist (224), and so on.
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1. A medical supplies RFID tracking system comprising:
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a medicine trolley having one or more storage compartments, a RFID controller, a RFID reader, and a wireless communication unit operable to communicate with a database; and
a communication device issued to a health care staff. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of tracking a medical supply, the method comprising:
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tagging each medical supply with a RFID tag if the supply tallies with a prescription stored in an enterprise records system for a patient;
disposing the RFID tagged medical supply in a storage compartment of a medicine trolley;
tracking the RFID tag of each medical supply;
assessing a relevant record in the enterprise records relating to a patient and comparing each medical supply with the relevant record; and
updating the administering of the medical supply to the patient if the medical supply removed from the storage compartment of the medicine trolley tallies with the prescription for the identified patient, or alerting the medical staff if the medical supply removed from the medicine trolley does not tally with the prescription for the identified patient. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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