RFID Journal Awards Finalist: Best Health-Care RFID Implementation. Jewish General Hospital, an acute-care teaching hospital with 637 beds in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is effectively using RFID technology to track and replenish its inventory of operating room (OR) uniforms. Although often overlooked, the hospital designed and implement an improved logistics uniform distribution system within the facility to provide control of the inventory by stabilizing the demand for uniforms. Takeaways: Learn how the technology is controlling the inventory and preventing losses and theft while ensuring the availability of all sizes at all times for all OR personnel. Hear why technology also improves infection control and prevents cross-contamination in the operating room.
Speakers: David Diachidos, Chief of Laundry and Linen Service, Jewish General Hospital
Georges Bendavid, Technical Services Director, CIUSSS West-Central Montreal