Medical & Healthcare
IN PATIENT ADMISSION
For elective or trauma treatment at a private or public hospital the first step is to admit the patient. This process includes producing a patient ID wristband and several labels for any test purposes with all patient details including an individual tracking number generated into a barcode. This becomes their passport within a healthcare facility.
WITH PATIENT TRANSITIONS
The wristband and barcode links patients to their My Health Record, which contains information for healthcare providers of any known risk factors that may be important when making clinical decisions about individual patient care.
The wristband accompanies patients as they move through their treatment journey, at each new treatment centre the ward clerk will print around eight patient ID labels. One to update and replace the current wristband with new ward location details and the balance which is put in the patient notes. This ensures the test results are delivered back to the right place.
IN MEDICAL LABORATORIES
Whether bedside within a hospital campus or at an external testing facility it is vital to accurately label the test samples of the patient needing testing before sending them to a laboratory for analysis.
Once at the lab, labels are needed that are fit for purpose, smaller labels for test tubes or vials and labels that withstand freezing temperatures.
TO MONITOR ASSETS
Every healthcare facility has assets and monitoring those assets in terms of location, condition and any maintenance is a full-time job much of which can be done (a) within a financial system for asset value and (b) within an Excel spread sheet for asset location.
Saito have observed that the patient transfer can involve several assets – a bed, mattress, drip stand, etc. Transfer is usually undertaken via an orderly. A suggestion that we have made to several hospitals is (a) to associate a mattress to a bed with a barcode and (b) for the orderly to scan the patient out of one ward and into another.
Saito Can Help Your Patient Admission:
- With mission critical label printers to enable printing on demand of patient ID labels;
- With the supply of patient ID wristbands for adults, child and elderly plus obese;
- With the supply of patient ID labels and any other patient treatment label requirements.
Saito Can Help Your Patient Treatment:
Saito Can Help Your Patient Testing:
- With mission critical label printers to enable printing on demand of patient ID labels;
- With the supply of laboratory labels such as Cryogenic, Slide, Test Tube & Vial labels;
- With the supply of patient ID labels and any other patient treatment label requirements.
Saito Can Help Your Asset Management:
- With the supply of blank or pre-printed asset labels.
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