Best practice patient safety and traceability of infant feeds at CHI (Children’s Health Ireland) at Temple Street

One of the findings of the audit was that the hospital was unable to track feeds to patients

The hospital implemented a standards-based traceability database, barcode labelling and a scanning system that could capture the critical data about each product (expiry date or best before date, batch number, location within the hospital e.g. store or ward, the staff member that delivered or prepared the feed and ultimately the patient that received it).