RFID-enabled Medical Cabinets

The Challenge: Manufacturers often have difficulty tracking consigned products out at hospitals and in doctors’ offices. In addition, cardiology, radiology and other lab staff have a hard time tracking inventory in the department, and expiration and recall management becomes unruly and time consuming.

The Solution: With RFID, consigned inventory can be tracked automatically in real time. RFID enabled medical cabinets allow field reps to manage inventory levels, expiration dates and recalls quickly, easily and remotely, while allowing the home office to manage overall field inventory. ODIN deploys RFID enabled medical cabinets that automate manual consigned inventory management tasks. Hospitals, distributors and suppliers experience many benefits including:

• Viewing consignment inventory at hospitals in real time
• Automatic alerting for expired inventory
• Track consigned inventory consumption by person automatically
• Lock down the cabinet remotely in the case of a recall
• Manage inventory security

Solution Components: The solution is configured based on specific requirements, but it includes some or all of the following components and features:

• UHF Gen 2, HF or a combined HF/UHF RFID enabled medical cabinet
• Integrated access tracking for users
• Software to manage cabinet inventories on site or remotely
• Services required to configure the cabinet to your specifics
• Supplier tagging evaluation to ensure high read rates
• Implementation services
• Process audits

The Result: Automated cabinet inventory management. Expiration tracking time is reduced by an order of magnitude, recalls are automated and re-supply orders can be processed without manual audits.