Medical device management using GS1 barcodes at Tokyo Yamate Medical Center
Medical device management was a manual process, medical staff checked the labels and made an entry every time the devices were sent out or returned.
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This manual process made it difficult to monitor the usage histories of all devices.
A medical device management system was developed using barcode scanning. All medical devices were scanned every time they were taken out or returned to the store room, as well as when they were used at an operation venue. By linking all the scanned data, the use and maintenance histories of over 1,000 devices in the hospital are captured and verified in real time.
