Positive Patient ID
Every hospital is responsible for providing a safe patient environment. While receiving care, a patient should not have to worry about possible human error or security issues. That’s why it’s important to ensure that you are positively identifying patients every time.
PPID Throughout the Hospital
InfoLogix’s Positive Patient ID (PPID) solutions include RFID and bar code technology to prevent medication and surgical errors before they happen, increasing safety and preventing adverse drug events.
Today, hospitals are using bar codes to protect the accuracy of critical patient-care processes, including the dispensing and administration of medications and blood products, the collection and tracking of specimen tests and x-rays, managing and locating medical equipment and other assets, tracking file locations, and assisting in charge capture.
Positive Patient ID begins with a bar code on every incoming patient’s wrist. This bar code holds identity information, reason for admittance, medication prescribed and allergies. Before administering medication or performing a medical procedure, the bar code is scanned to positively identify the patient. This process can greatly reduce errors. Best of all, the process complies with Joint Commission standards.
PPID Inside the OR
SurgiChip is InfoLogix’s unique RFID surgery verification system. SurgiChip uses passive RFID signals to prevent wrong-patient, wrong-site and wrong-procedure surgeries. The small RFID tag contains a patient’s demographic information and surgical procedure data to be verified twice by the surgeon before any procedure is performed.
With strong bar coding and RFID options, InfoLogix can customize a mobility solution that enables your hospital to achieve regulatory PPID mandates while simultaneously increasing productivity and efficiency throughout the organization.