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. 2017 Sep 29;17(10):2247.
doi: 10.3390/s17102247.

The Development of an RFID Solution to Facilitate the Traceability of Patient and Pharmaceutical Data

María Martínez Pérez  1 , Guillermo Vázquez González  2 , Carlos Dafonte  3
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The Development of an RFID Solution to Facilitate the Traceability of Patient and Pharmaceutical Data

María Martínez Pérez et al. Sensors (Basel). .

Abstract

One of the principal objectives of hospitals is to increase the quality of care of the patient. This is even more of a priority in Day Hospitals where certain medication requires special attention, from its preparation in the Pharmacy service to its delivery to the patient in the Day Hospital. In the case of expensive medicines, nursing staff have to comply with very detailed instructions in their administration to the patient (name of medicine, route, dosage, schedule, previous medication, conditions of conservation, etc.). This work focuses on the development of a multi-faceted hub application to facilitate the traceability of mixed intravenous medication from the beginning to the end of the process of prescription-validation-dosing-preparation-administration (PVD-PA) and be available to all health professionals involved: doctors, pharmacists, and the nursing staff of the Hospital Pharmacy and Day Hospital.

Keywords: hospital; intravenous mixtures; pharmacy; radiofrequency identification.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The process of prescription–validation–dosing–preparation–administration (PVD-PA) medication.
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Number of patients.
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Patient monitoring.
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Date of administration programme.
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Prescription of medication.
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Validation of medication.
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Registry of reasons for patient not receiving medication.
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Elaboration of medication.
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Confirmation of administration.
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Infrastructure of the radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems.
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