Protrac iD AssetTrac provides 24 × 7 tracking of portable medical equipment and other hospital assets.
Tags are made of high impact resistant UV stabilised PVC construction and are ultrasonically sealed. Tags transmit a constant heartbeat every two seconds, with an estimated life of five years.
AssetTrac identifies the current location of all tagged assets in a hospital environment, where equipment may be shared between wards, instantly locating equipment.
AssetTrac is a valuable management tool, since it greatly reduces the time required to search for equipment for maintenance, calibration, audit purposes, housekeeping, or even patient transport. If monitored assets are removed from the premises an alarm is sounded at exits.
The tracking data also provides financial management information, such as the utilisation rate of all assets employed, the usage of assets by each department and cost centre, shrinkage and planning for future asset requirements and deployment.
The Protrac iD system is based on a network of readers or receivers that read any signals transmitted by a radio tag within their proximity and transmit identifying data to a central computer.
The receivers and the antennas are flat, unobtrusive and easily hidden in the space above an acoustic ceiling tile. Costly building operations are not required. For Patient Wandering and AssetTrac Systems, receivers need only be mounted at the entrance and exit points to the secured zone.
For Nurse duress, additional receivers may be required to provide full coverage to ensure the safety of nurses at all points within the secured zone. These additional receivers simply plug into the main Protrac iD cable and additional cabling is not required.
The receivers are connected to a computer loaded with Protrac iD software by a data cable or simply plug into the nearest data point in the Hospital Network.
The computer, which may be situated at the main nursing station, provide instant updates via a graphic interface and can trigger an alarm if any of the secure zones are violated.
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A site survey is recommended to estimate the number of receivers and types of antennas required. However, we can normally provide an accurate cost estimate based on a fire evacuation plan or drawing sent to us with the required zones penciled in or listed.
Nurse Duress and Patient Wandering alarm systems and AssetTrac management systems may be installed as a comprehensive security system operating through the same receiver network. All Protrac iD solutions can integrate with existing Hospital or Regional Health Care systems for financial, maintenance, security and asset management.
