KEY FEATURE OF NFC Medical Utensil Management

• Each NFC tag have a unique ID,track the usage of tools to prevent replacement.

• Record of use time and life time, makes management easier.

• Quick and batch reading with NFC enables operators to efficiently assemble and check the set of tools.

• Measuring the times of use for each tool to reduce excessive amount of stock.

• Recording the order of the use to optimize the preparation of tools before surgery.

IMPLEMENTATION & VALUE POINT of NFC Medical Utensil Management

• Surgeons can use up to 250 different tools during a surgical procedure to perform tasks like cutting, grasping, cauterizing, suturing, suctioning, and reducing bleeding. Each tool must be manually counted by hospital staff both before and after surgery to ensure that none of them have gone missing, which is a tedious and time-consuming process. This accounting process is slow, prone to error, and has been known to result in metal tools, sponges, towels, safety pins, and other objects being accidentally left inside patients’ bodies.

• To improve how surgical tools are managed, many hospitals are now opting for digital surgical instrument tracking systems, such as those based on NFC. These systems can improve patient safety, as well as uplift hospital efficiency, by streamlining surgical processes and ensuring the correct tools are available. NFC system enables surgical teams to monitor instrument availability, check sterilisation status, and better manage inventory. They are easier and quicker to scan than barcode tagged devices, as the user does not have to exactly align the tag with the reader.

• The implementation of medical utensil management begins with attaching an nfc tag to each tray, container, and larger equipment. As each item is tagged and accounted for, a master list called the repository is created. Instrument lists for sets and trays are built from the repository.

• NFC enabled devices is utilized to identify and view the sets and trays within seconds on a screen rather than only by an individual’s visual assessment. After scanning, the user can find additional information for each instrument in the operating room, decontamination area, central sterile supply, or throughout the facility as needed by multiple departments.