! Medication Expiration Date Tracking with RFID RFID-enabled medicine cabinets help keep valid medications available when needed, reducing the amount of unused and returned medication. RFID in healthcare is helping to improve patient care, make inventory and asset tracking processes more efficient, and reduce overall costs. When over-the-counter or prescription drugs expire, they lose their effectiveness. This can be fatal in a life-threatening situation. RFID-enabled technologies that eliminate medication dosing errors and improve inventory systems address this issue. This is especially important in hospitals, where tracking the expiration date of critical medications, including those that are life-saving but not frequently administered, must be monitored. RFID-enabled medicine cabinets can employ standard EPC Gen 2 Ultra High Frequency (UHF) passive RFID tags and readers. A staff member attaches an RFID label to each medicine packet, consisting of a single dose. (S)He then places each tagged item on the reader and collects the tag's pre-encoded information. Software is used to associate the specific identification with necessary information regarding that drug. Once checked in, the drugs are placed into the RFID-enabled storage cabinet. JADAK has embedded M6e RFID reader modules into cabinets such as these to scan the inside of the cabinet for a daily inventory. Hospital staff members know where the drugs are and what’s in stock at all times. The result is a reduction in the amount of drugs administered due to expiration. An RFID-enabled system can also automate the reordering process, so that the hospital can ensure it always has an adequate supply of each drug.

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Medication Expiration Date Tracking with RFID

RFID-enabled medicine cabinets help keep valid medications available when needed, reducing the amount of unused and returned medication.

RFID in healthcare is helping to improve patient care, make inventory and asset tracking processes more efficient, and reduce overall costs.

When over-the-counter or prescription drugs expire, they lose their effectiveness. This can be fatal in a life-threatening situation. RFID-enabled technologies that eliminate medication dosing errors and improve inventory systems address this issue. This is especially important in hospitals, where tracking the expiration date of critical medications, including those that are life-saving but not frequently administered, must be monitored.

RFID-enabled medicine cabinets can employ standard EPC Gen 2 Ultra High Frequency (UHF) passive RFID tags and readers. A staff member attaches an RFID label to each medicine packet, consisting of a single dose. (S)He then places each tagged item on the reader and collects the tag's pre-encoded information. Software is used to associate the specific identification with necessary information regarding that drug. Once checked in, the drugs are placed into the RFID-enabled storage cabinet.

JADAK has embedded M6e RFID reader modules into cabinets such as these to scan the inside of the cabinet for a daily inventory. Hospital staff members know where the drugs are and what’s in stock at all times. The result is a reduction in the amount of drugs administered due to expiration.An RFID-enabled system can alsoautomate the reordering process,so that the hospital can ensure it always has an adequate supply of each drug.

Medication Expiration Date Tracking with RFID

According to an Accenture report, the pharmaceutical industry experiences roughly $2 billion in drug returns annually. RFID technology could cut drug returns by helping the hospital not over-order drugs and using the oldest drugs first, so fewer drugs expire.

While ensuring that uncommon, yet life-saving drugs are available - with valid dates - when needed, RFID is also helping healthcare facilities cut waste and automate operations, therefore reducing overall costs.

Contact JADAK today to learn how RFID can help you address your hospital safety, cost-saving and productivity needs by calling us at 315.701.0678 or emailing us at [email protected].