Custom active RFID solution for children tracking and identifying in a resuscitation ward

Abstract

In this work is discussed an active RFId system to track and identify patients in a children's critical care ward. The technical solutions may be very different according to the patients type, age and cognitive conditions and according to the hospital shapes. The proposed system to track and identify patients has been developed taking into account all the constraints induced by the particular environment. The system is composed of five different hardware devices and a tracking software, purposely designed and realized.

Real-Time Monitoring for Detection of Retained Surgical Sponges and Team Motion in the Surgical Operation Room Using Radio-Frequency-Identification (RFID) Technology: A Preclinical Evaluation

“…Until now, proof of concept for RFID implementation into hospital routine has been achieved for patient [9] and medication identification [20]. For increased patients safety, e.g., relating to patient identification, RFID technology was recently even advocated by German non-governmental organizations (NGOs) [21].…”

“…This information is then usable by a variety of middleware applications, opening options for ''safety'' checkpoints, automated workflow protocols, and access control systems [8]. Meanwhile, RFID application has been proven to be effective for patient tracking [9] and reducing or eliminating instances of retained surgical sponges (gossypiboma) [7].…”

Perspectives for Wearable Electronics in Healthcare and Childcare

“…in patient monitoring, positioning, and identification in hospitals [6]. For example, a wireless sensor network (WSN)-ward [8], body-worn tags for the continuous tracking of human movements in a conventional room [9], and a system to detect life-threatening changes of daily activeties of older people [10] have been presented. In the future, the importance of telemedicine and home-nursing is expected to grow.…”

Privacy of Wearable Electronics in the Healthcare and Childcare Sectors: A Survey of Personal Perspectives from Finland and the United Kingdom

“…In addition, a wireless sensor network (WSN)-based indoor location system to support the nursing staff [19], a radiofrequency identification (RFID) system to track and identify patients in a children's critical care ward [20], body-worn tags for the continuous tracking of human movements in a conventional room [21], and a wearable RFID-enabled sensor node for continuous biomedical monitoring [22] have been introduced.…”