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Asset location, instrument traceability and hospital operations, with what has been measured and what is not yet proven.
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Hospital RTLS: what it is and when it pays off
SigaME · 7 min
Hospital RTLS is the system that shows, in real time, where equipment, materials and people are. See how it works and when it is worth it.
Surgical instrument traceability and RDC 15
SureKits · 8 min
RDC 15 requires tracing processing, including sterilization batches. See what it does not require and what individual RFID adds.
How to find an infusion pump in seconds
SigaME · 7 min
Follow the search for an infusion pump from the nurse's point of view and see what has to be in place for the answer to arrive in seconds.
Surgical instrument counting and the role of RFID
SureKits · 7 min
How instrument counting is done today, what RFID studies measured about counting time, and what RFID reading does not replace in the operating room.
Surgical instrument cost and return: how to run the numbers
SureKits · 7 min
How a hospital can think about the cost of losing and reprocessing instruments and the return of an RFID project, separating measured, estimated and unproven.
Wi-Fi or Bluetooth (BLE) for locating in a hospital
SigaME · 7 min
See how Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) locate people and equipment, what each is good for, how they coexist and what limits they have.
RFID in sterile processing: what can and cannot be read
SureKits · 7 min
What UHF reading does in a CME, why a closed box is not read in full, how to guarantee 100% and what still needs its own validation.
From transport request to clean bed: measuring each step
SigaME · 6 min
Follow a transport request through to the terminal cleaning of the bed and see where time is lost between steps, and what Flow and Journey measure.
Temperature monitoring for medicine and vaccine refrigerators
SigaME · 6 min
See what continuous monitoring replaces in place of the paper log, how profiles avoid false alarms and how an alarm turns into corrective action.
Rented OPME instrument sets: intake, use and return
SureKits · 7 min
The situation of companies that rent instrument sets for implants and of the hospitals that receive them, what RFID identification gives each, and its limits.
Code Blue and critical teams: mobilize and audit
SigaME · 6 min
How SigaME TRR calls the right team in a Code Blue, with alarm, escalation and an audit trail, and what it does not do.
SigaME and SureKits in the same hospital: where each fits
SigaME · 6 min
SigaME runs the hospital's operation and SureKits the surgical instrument cycle. See where each one works, where they meet and how to start with one.
What to ask your RTLS vendor: a checklist
SigaME · 7 min
A checklist of questions any hospital can ask any RTLS vendor, each with its reason and the SigaME answer wherever the site states it.
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