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    And Safer Healthcare Environments

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The Importance of Hand Hygiene Monitoring & Participation

Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance

Improving compliance with hand hygiene is one of the most important and effective measures in reducing the risk of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) to both patients and healthcare staff members in hospitals for patient safety.  Our Real-Time Location System (RTLS) technology is an automatic compliance monitoring technology tool that increases hand hygiene compliance rates for increased patient and staff safety.

Standalone or Integrated

Our RTLS monitoring hand hygiene system captures hand hygiene events and can be used as a standalone solution or as part of our wider system. It’s a clinical-Grade RTLS solution that will inform managers if a carer has washed their hands on entering a room by using the centrak hand hygiene system and then again after any interaction with a patient thereafter instead of relying on traditionally measured hand hygiene.

Exception Notifications

In the event of a failure to comply with our protocols, a discreet reminder will be sent via from the staff’s RTLS-enabled badge.  This enables healthcare premises to audit hand hygiene compliance, HHC, processes in such a way as to reduce the spread of unnecessary infections and improve patient outcomes.

Our system will proactively drive compliance with a gentle reminders to healthcare workers if needed, reduces the number of HAIs along with the associated treatment costs and length of stays by implementing infection prevention and control.

It will also eliminate any time carried out executing human manual data entries and compiling reports to demonstrate good hand hygiene habits. Where additional interventions are needed can be determined comprehensive, easy to use software analysis tools.

Managing Infection Outbreaks – Coronavirus, SARS and More

Another common request these days is for real time location system complete with our infection exposure software module. In practice, this allows infection control managers to retrospectively see who has been where and when over X period of time. The value lies in the users ability to check who has been in contact with carriers and then trace all parties down accordingly.

The invaluable benefit that we deliver through our highly granular network is only enhanced by our user friendly event analysis software tools. In the event of an emergency, you’ll want to quickly get to grips with the situation.

Feature Spotlight
Reliable Data Starts with Reliable Technology

Key Features

  • Drives Hand Hygiene Participation

  • Automatic Non Compliance Alerts

  • Advanced System Supervision

  • Real-time Location Visibility

  • Easy-to-Use Reports Software

System Components:

RTLS Temperature Detection Probe

Key Features:
What are the consequences of your drug’s fridge failing? That’s why more and more people are employing temperature monitoring probes. Staff will be instantly alerted to an event via pagers for example

Real Time Location Software – Map View

Key Features:
– Graphical view of staff and/or assets for your premises
This automatically updated electronic whiteboard, requires
no manual data entry
– Know at a glance the location of your staff and assets
– Search Box facility

Real Time Location Software – List View

Key Features:
– This automatically updated electronic whiteboard, requires
no manual data entry
– Know at a glance the location of your staff and assets
– Search Box facility
– Self Documenting – Zero Guesswork
– Eliminate wasted time search for colleagues and items

Real Time Location Location-Reader

Features:
The Elpas RF IP Reader is a fully supervised; 433.92MHz indoor, zone-level RTLS receiver that detects and relays ‘Location’ and ‘State’ data from Elpas Active RFID Tags to a host RTLS application server. Available in ceiling or wall mounted configurations, the Reader supports: XML messaging for hardware level integration and bi-directional data transmission with up to fifteen Elpas fixed infrastructure devices.

Configured for safety security and visibility

Real Time Location LF Beacon (Centrak-Elpas)

Features:
The LF Beacon is a wall or ceiling mountable low frequency emitter for use in indoor building environments. The device provides Elpas RTLS solutions with immediate location awareness that a tagged asset or person has passed through a protected doorway or a specific entrance/exit area.
The LF Beacon emits a programmable field up to 4.5m/ 14.7ft in radius and can be deployed in a primary–secondary configuration for covering double-doors or indoor lobby areas.

Real Time Location Beacon IR Reader

Features:
The Elpas IR Reader is a fully supervised, indoor RTLS receiver that detects and relays ‘Room-Level Location’ and ‘Device State’ data from Elpas Active IR-Enabled RFID Tags to a host RTLS application server.
Available in Ethernet or RS-485 BUS configurations, the IR Reader supports: XML messaging technology for hardware level system integration and RTLS data transmission with up to fifteen Elpas fixed infrastructure devices.

Eiris Software (Centrak-Elpas)

Key Features:
– Alarming, Tracking, I/O, Access Control, CCTV
– Network Configuration, Reports
– Client/Server (Directed Alarms)
– Paging, SMS, Email Messaging, Dynamic Maps
– Arm/Disarm and Tag Activation
– Tag Matching and Escort, Synchronisation with Controllers
– SDK, Temperature Monitoring

Active RFID Tag – Nurse & Doctor Badges

Key Features:
– Designed with Safe & Efficient Healthcare Establishments
– These portable units transmit their location in real time to ceiling receivers
– The wearer’s ID can be affixed.
– An integral staff attack button is also included
– Long Life Batteries
– Low Battery Indication

Active RFID Tag – Lone Worker (Centrak-Elpas)

Key Features:
– Small unobtrusive mobile alarm units
– Fall detection, ripcord and button-push call options
– Long battery life, no charging needed
– Event location included in alert message
– Intelligent alert routing reduces response time
– Real time monitoring and logging
– Integrates with CCTV and access control

Active RFID Tag – Baby Tagging (Centrak-Elpas)

– Highly scalable tag capacity
– Secure mother/baby matching
– Tag tamper alerting
– Flexible baby escort options
– Easy-to-use software
– Smartphone security applications
– International safety compliance
– Integrates with nurse call and security systems

Active RFID Tag – Identity Badge

Features:
– Quad-tech RTLS signaling technologies
– Two programmable call buttons
– Automatic device supervision
– LED status indicator
– Field replaceable lithium battery
– Simple to use, easy to clean
– CE, FCC, IC, compliant

Active RFID Asset Tag (Midmark)

Key Features:
– By utilising small, lightweight tags affixed to assets, the vital location
of equipment is constantly updated in real time
– This information can be displayed on a PC with our software
– Unique identification number
– Message if battery is low
– Integrated motion sensor for longer battery life: Radio signal and infrared signal every 120 s when idle. Radio signal every 120 s, infrared signal every 3 s when moving

Welcome to our Infection Control & Hand Hygiene Compliance RTLS Solutions

Introduction

We supply, install, test and commission advanced Technology Active RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Real-time Location Systems rtls, Passive RFID, and Physical Access safety, security and visibility products and solutions. Our solutions are designed to protect your assets, staff, patients and visitors in acute care medical centers, manufacturing facilities; storage depots and museums in the most cost effective way possible.

Infrastructure

We can supply our system in a number of topologies including the option for an IP platform. Local operating networks are commonly requested and more and more we are supplying bigger sites that have disparate systems separated from one another with LAN solutions. Our location readers are fixed mounted receivers that detect and forward ‘location’ and ‘state’ data from our active RFID Tags to a host RTLS security software server. Our low frequency beacons add additional real-time pinpoint location visibility. Finally, we employ input devices to integrate traditional security inputs and outputs into RTLS Solutions.

Integration

A common request is Nurse Call Automation. As nurses enter the room, their ‘presence’ is automatically registered and time stamped. The active ‘presence’ condition will automatically reset as they leave the room. This also captures nurse rounding data. In addition, our system will interface with existing security systems such as access control and CCTV. A common request is for escorting – where an authorised member of staff wearing the ELPAS staff tag is accepted by the system as authorised to leave the monitored zone with patients – without activating an alarm.

Real Time and Historical Data to Drive Efficiency, Save Cost & Improve Safety

Once you’ve deployed your infrastructure and your equipment and staff are equipped with tags and badges, you’ll be simply amazed by the opportunities to drive time saving and care improving changes through your organisation. Data can be viewed in the form of a list or graphically at either at fixed locations or on the move with mobiles in real time. In addition, data can be pulled from the system for historical reports too – for example to analyse past movements of patients in the event of an infection outbreak.    

Ultra Safe Call Capacity, Handling & Data Logging

Zero Calls Lost

New Systems

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Extensions

Whether you’re looking for a small extension or a bigger refurbishment, we’ll always aim to give you a few, cost effective options to help you make the right decision.

Maintenance

A safe, working system is often taken for granted. Service is important. Initially we’ll focus on fixing issues and then work with you to steadily lower lifecycle costs.

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