The Virgen del Rocío hospital in Seville has recently adopted a new automated system for the electronic control of single-use materials in areas related to hemodynamics. The service is powered by a radio frequency identification system (RFID) that monitors inventory in real time and "facilitates efficient procurement and replenishment management."

The system uses RFID technology's "Agile System" tags that detail each medical device's reference number, EAN code, batch, expiration date and unique serial number.

According to the hospital, specialists in the hemodynamic service of the Virgen del Rocío hospital treat more than 3,000 patients a year, which is a very large job. Likewise, it performs "more than 1,400 angioplasties each year, 250 of which are primary angioplasties. This makes the hospital one of the centers "handling the largest number of patients and care in Spain."

And this system uses a real-time inventory control system without manual intervention, reducing the burden of nurses' non-nursing work and making the work of professionals easier.

In addition, the system data will be automatically synced to the operational branch headed by Federico Bonilla, so they can easily query material consumption and actual usage in real time through the INTagile Service software.

What is an" rfid system" and what is it made of?

RFID is the abbreviation of Radio Frequency Identification.What we usually see on clothing labels is an RFID tag composed of an antenna and a chip, just like everyone's unique ID card, which stores the identification information of the item itself; if you want to read the "identity information" of the item, you need to read device coordination. The tag and the reader communicate with each other through radio waves, which can not only read the existing content on the RFID tag, but also write new information into the tag.

Generally speaking, a complete RFID system must exist at the same time as RFID tags, RFID readers and application software. As the "number one boss" in the RFID system, the application software is mainly responsible for the control and setting of the reader and the management and application of the read tag information. As a tool for reading and writing tag information, RFID readers are also often called readers; because of their functions equivalent to base stations, some people call them base stations. The largest number of "members" in the RFID system is RFID tags, commonly known as electronic tags or smart tags, which are usually composed of coupling elements and chips. Each RFID tag has a unique electronic code, which is attached to the object to identify the target object.