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Versatile deploys SyncSeer solution to Summit Health, Pa.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Summit Health, Pa. has implemented the SyncSeer asset tracking and temperature monitoring solution from Versatile Systems, Inc. at its Waynesboro and Chambersburg hospitals.

The SyncSeer incorporates both wired and wireless temperature probes and tags to automate previously manual processes. Summit Health will use the system to meet regulatory compliance while allowing staff additional time to focus on patient care.

The system will also be used for monitoring the hospitals many storage fridge and freezers, sending alerts on temperature issues and eliminating the chance of causing damage to valuable tissues and/or medications. [end] 

Aethon announced recently that it’s automated tracking and chain-of-custody system - MedEx - is now operational at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

The MedEx System serves as enhancement to the TUG robot, also developed by Aethon, and allows hospital pharmacies to know the real-time location and status of medications throughout the facility. Combining passive RFID technology and biometrics capabilities built into the TUG secure carts, MedEx automatically creates an electronic chain-of-custody receipt including the person, location, and date/time indicating when an item is placed in and removed from the TUG.

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Innovatum Inc., a Sugar Hill, Ga.-baded provider of enterprise compliance software and services, has added label printing and audit log reporting to the growing suite of Web-based modules for its ROBAR Enterprise System, a bar code and RFID label system for designing, reviewing, approving and printing pharmaceutical and medical device labels.

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GuardRFID, provider of RFID-based technologies for real time tracking in the health care industry, announced that it has joined the DASH7 Alliance, a coalition of organizations promoting the advanced development of the ISO 18000-7 (DASH7) standard for wireless sensor networks.

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Newport Digital Technologies, Inc. and Summit Government Group have entered into an agreement to promote sales of the N37B rugged mobile computing device.

NPDT’s N37B rugged mobile computer is a device, certified by AT&T, for industrial applications such as inventory management, asset tracking, health care, law enforcement, field service/sales applications, and meter reading. In addition, the N37B is built to military standards, MIL-STD-461F and MIL-STD-810F, making it an ideal solution for government and military applications as well.

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ClearCount Medical Solutions announced that the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System will help prevent retained surgical sponge incidents with the use of its SmartSponge System.

The FDA-cleared, SmartSponge System is part of ClearCount’s RFID-based platforms that enables organizations to both count and locate surgical sponges. The VA Pittsburgh hospital has implemented SmartSponge Systems into its full suite of operating rooms to improve efficiency and provide a safety net for human error.  

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Haldor Advanced Technologies Ltd. announced that its ORLocate, an RFID-based system designed to assist surgical teams reduce the number of items left in patients during operations, has earned clearance from the Food and Drug Administration.

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