RFID Medical Consumable Tracking
Improve medical consumable authentication and tracking by incorporating JADAK’s industry-leading RFID technology into the medical consumable testing process.
Track and authenticate consumables such as surgical disposables, catheters, gloves, syringes and reagents using JADAK’s industry-leading RFID technology. Our advanced ThingMagic® RFID modular solutions are fully customizable, scalable, and can easily integrate with existing systems for seamless medicine authentication and tracking. Accelerate the time to market compared to developing your own system, and benefit from JADAK’s decades of expertise in custom healthcare engineering solutions.
Using RFID in Medicine Authentication
Improve medical consumable verification using RFID technology to ensure consumables are authentic, sterile and safe to consume before they are dispensed to patients. Tagging consumables with RFID labels or embedded RFID tags enhances the authentication processes, making it easier to track single use or limited use consumables that need to be identified and verified quickly to keep patients safe.
JADAK’s RFID modules are built to be compliant with radio certifications in the US, EU, Canada and Japan, white our engineer-to-engineer collaboration means they can be adapted to each hospital’s precise needs.
CASE STUDY: Greenville Hospital uses RFID for operating room asset tracking
Medical Consumable Tracking Challenges
- Tracking and Verification: It can be difficult to keep track of consumables within a hospital inventory, making it challenging to verify where particular items are, and to stay on top of their expiration dates.
- Medication Safety and Security: Barcodes and mechanical features can be easily copied and do not necessarily dissuade counterfeiting. The complexities of preventing consumables from being reused can further compromise the safety and security of medicines.
- Consumables Authentication: Authenticating consumables using methods that require electrical contracts can be difficult to manage due to corrosion or the need to sterilize or autoclave certain components.
- Requirement for Manual Handling: Additional manual handling is typically required if a reagent needs to be voided or marked as empty, as data contained in traditional barcodes cannot be modified or deleted.
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JADAK’s RFID Medical Consumable Authentication Solutions
Key Features:
- Smallest embedded RFID reader on the market
- Enables rapid, seamless integration
- Simple, intuitive Mercury API with configurable power scheme
- Multiple interface options
- Ideal for use with medical consumables or in-vitro diagnostic applications
ThingMagic® M3e HF/LF RFID Secure Module
Key Features:
- Scans and reads common healthcare barcodes, including 1D and 2D code standards, plus GS1 Databar
- Features audio, visual and vibrating real-time feedback systems in case of error
- Compact, ergonomic design, made from medical-grade plastics for easy cleaning
- Includes a flexible charging stand
ThingMagic® M3e HF/LF RFID Secure Module
Key Features:
- Only HF/LF RFID module on the market with a fully integrated Secure Access Module
- Supports complex high-frequency RFID tag interactions
- Advanced cryptographic features to support robust RFID authentication
- Flexibility to read both HF and LF ID cards, supporting medicine authentication security by only allowing authorized personnel to access high-security environments
- Simple, intuitive Mercury API for easy integration
ThingMagic® M7e PICO RFID Module
Key Features:
- Smallest form factor on the market
- Higher performance read rates – can read up to 300 RFID tags per second
- Comprehensive global certification
- Simple, intuitive Mercury API, supporting ease of integration
- Compatible with ThingMagic® M6e Micro UHF RAIN RFID Series
RFID Solutions for Healthcare
RFID technology can play a key role in multiple healthcare applications, including medication management, powering medical kiosks, medication dispensing, and improving medical cart security. Contact us to find out more about using RFID for enhanced medicine authentication.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Utilizing RFID technology for medicine authentication and consumable testing helps to improve inventory management in lab and hospital settings, ensuring patients are given the correct medication that’s been verified and is sterile. RFID-enabled medical consumable testing helps to reduce the risk of patients consuming untested or out-of-date products and associated consequences.
RFID tags can be used to track all types of medical consumables, including medications, as well as supplies such as dressings, gauze, swabs, surgical gloves and masks, reagents, and blood testing strips. Any item that’s used by medical staff to treat patients is classed as a consumable, and can benefit from tagging and tracking using RFID.
Some specialist RFID tags can be sterilized or autoclaved using radiation, helping to address the challenge of using electrical contracts in medicine authentication and consumables tracking where corrosion is otherwise a risk.
JADAK Customized Engineering
With our engineer-to-engineer collaboration approach, our team becomes an extension of yours. It starts by gaining a deeper understanding of your application. Then, we’ll help develop and implement a solution that’s a precise fit, supporting you throughout the product lifecycle.