Three nonprofit organizations in Ireland have joined efforts to develop a model for endovascular-device tracking that would include RFID technology and bar codes from the point of manufacture to the operating room. With that goal in mind, Georgia Tech Ireland (GTI), standards organization GS1 Ireland and the Western Vascular Institute (a clinical vascular research foundation) have completed a pilot at Galway Clinic, finding that UHF RFID tags on high-value implantable endovascular products, such as catheters and stents, can be successfully used in a high-volume clinical setting to improve patient safety and lower costs by reducing the risk of errors, out-of-stocks and product expiration.
The team intends the project, known as the Clinical Laboratory Automated Stockroom System (CLASS) Project, to provide a model solution, based on global standards, for more effectively managing inventory throughout the entire medical-device supply chain, from manufacture through to point of use.
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