AeroScout use extended by St Trudo

AeroScout has announced that St Trudo hospital in Belgium is extending the use of its AeroScout Healthcare Visibility solution to include the tracking of the location of patients and Wi-Fi devices.

Among the Wi-Fi medical devices to be tracked will be Dräger’s Infinity M300 patient-worn vital signs monitors. Patients are tracked either by having AeroScout Tags or by wearing the Dräger Wi-Fi telemetry monitors.

St Trudo has been using AeroScout’s Wi-Fi RFID solution to improve the management of critical medical equipment and wirelessly monitor the temperatures in key areas of the hospital.

The hospital recently used the investment in its AeroScout Healthcare Visibility system and its Cisco Unified Wireless Network to add the ability to immediately locate ambulatory patients and Wi-Fi devices.

The AeroScout system tracks Wi-Fi devices without needing tags or additional software of any kind, all patients wearing Dräger’s monitors can be located. This allows patients to walk around the hospital while still being tracked and monitored.

With Wi-Fi being in operation across the St Trudo hospital patients are able to leave their unit and even their floor while still being visible to nurses and staff. This increases both patient safety and patient and nurse satisfaction.

“Every project we execute and every technology we implement is done with the goal of improving patient care and operational efficiency,” said Daniel Loos, IT manager at St Trudo. “AeroScout’s solution has proven to be a very effective way for us to manage and better utilize our medical equipment.”

The hospital originally installed AeroScout’s Healthcare Visibility solution, including Wi-Fi tags and MobileView software, in 2008 to track and manage expensive speciality mattresses, IV pumps, supply carts and wheelchairs that are required throughout the hospital.

“As a former hospital nurse, I am well aware of the implications and stress that can result when clinicians can’t easily locate equipment and patients,” said Wim Verduyn, director EMEA Healthcare at AeroScout.

“When an emergency occurs, its important to be able to locate patients and critical equipment quickly.”