Title :
Shimane university hospital implements RFID technology to manage surgical instruments
Author :
Sawa, T. ; Komatsu, Hiroyoshi
Author_Institution :
KRD Corp., Yamato, Japan
Abstract :
Every surgical instrument used during surgery must be accounted to ensure that none of these devices is left inside the patient. This paper presents SIMSAFE (Surgical InstruMents SAFEty system), an automated system for surgical instrument that increases the safety of surgical procedure. Shimane University Hospital installs this system and demonstrates that the system can trace and track every instrument with minimum additional effort to dairy operation. With SIMSAFE system, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is used to detect and find the location of the individual surgical instrument. In addition to the original purpose of securing the safety of health care, improving the efficiency of work and reduction of responsibility for the work of the worker has been obtained.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; hospitals; radiofrequency identification; RFID technology; SIMSAFE; Shimane University Hospital; automated system; health care safety; radio frequency identification technology; surgical instrument detection; surgical instrument management; surgical instruments safety system; Containers; Hospitals; Instruments; Radiofrequency identification; Safety; Surgery; Ceramic IC Tag; Heat resistance; ISO-15693; RFID; SIMSAFE; Sterilization; Surgical Instrument; UDI; Water infection;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2013 7th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5770-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2326-828X
DOI :
10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521706
