Automation of RFID medical device disinfection

Surgical instrument management has always been a high-maintenance concern for healthcare workers. During storage, use, cleaning, disinfection and surgery, these instruments are often small and easily lost. Most medical institutions have established professional device sterilization service centers or supply departments to sterilize medical devices. Packing of various surgical instruments, preparing equipment required for surgery, managing and renting medical equipment, and obtaining or purchasing instruments and implants. RFID technology can effectively collect and record item information quickly, forming electronic Files, informatization, and automated management.

RFID can help Hospitals with process management very well. By installing electronic tags on each device, it provides a real-time, accurate and automated electronic information recording method. RFID does not require the hospital to introduce a new process system. It can seamlessly connect with the hospital's existing system processes and provide relevant document information for each link in the process. The entire system can also automatically update when equipment is serviced or maintained.

Preventing surgical infection is a matter of great concern to all medical institutions. The hospital supply department can indeed reduce and avoid the occurrence of infection through automated disinfection management processes, ensuring that all surgical instruments are strictly sterilized and dried, and are properly Stored and used. RFID can realize automated management of the entire disinfection process and optimize the rental management program of equipment.

RFID technology realizes the main functions:

1. In the preoperative sterilization and supply department, the cleaning of surgical instruments requires multiple processes. The omission of procedures may lead to safety hazards, and regulatory measures that introduce RFID automatic identification technology can effectively solve this problem.

2. Surgical instruments can be packaged and classified, and the RFID Reader can detect the packaging and classification of surgical instruments to detect possible omissions during the packaging process;

3. Operating room equipment management. Intraoperative management mainly includes preoperative inspection, postoperative inspection, and doctor confirmation. Each link needs to be accurately identified to avoid serious consequences of losing surgical instruments for patients;

4. Comprehensive information management, statistical query, and reporting system.

If the hospital rents medical equipment and equipment that it does not plan to purchase temporarily, the hospital supply department must also clean and disinfect the equipment and identify it through RFID to ensure that the equipment is properly maintained and preserved. Therefore, applying RFID technology to these instruments can also improve the utilization and management efficiency of the instruments.

The hospital uses RFID technology to fully automate the control of surgical instruments, reducing manual counting of trays and instruments. Instead, the hospital uses RFID readers to automatically collect instruments with RFID electronic tags within the reading range. These data can be used to analyze blind spots and defects in the management process, promoting quality improvement and optimization of medical device management.