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Article

Traceability in Patient Healthcare through the Integration of RFID Technology in an ICU in a Hospital

by
María Martínez Pérez
*,
Carlos Dafonte
and
Ángel Gómez
CITIC—Department of Computer Science, University of A Coruña, Campus de Elviña s/n, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sensors 2018, 18(5), 1627; https://doi.org/10.3390/s18051627
Submission received: 13 March 2018 / Revised: 14 May 2018 / Accepted: 16 May 2018 / Published: 19 May 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from UCAmI 2017 – the 11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence)
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Abstract

Patient safety is a principal concern for health professionals in the care process and it is, therefore, necessary to provide information management systems to each unit of the hospital, capable of tracking patients and medication to reduce the occurrence of adverse events and therefore increase the quality of care received by patients during their stay in hospital. This work presents a tool for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a key service with special characteristics, which computerises and tracks admissions, care plans, vital monitoring, the prescription and medication administration process for patients in this service. To achieve this, it is essential that innovative and cutting-edge technologies are implemented such as Near Field Communication (NFC) technology which is now being implemented in diverse environments bringing a range of benefits to the tasks for which it is employed.
Keywords: NFC; traceability; adverse effects; ICU NFC; traceability; adverse effects; ICU

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Martínez Pérez, M.; Dafonte, C.; Gómez, Á. Traceability in Patient Healthcare through the Integration of RFID Technology in an ICU in a Hospital. Sensors 2018, 18, 1627. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18051627

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Martínez Pérez M, Dafonte C, Gómez Á. Traceability in Patient Healthcare through the Integration of RFID Technology in an ICU in a Hospital. Sensors. 2018; 18(5):1627. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18051627

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Martínez Pérez, María, Carlos Dafonte, and Ángel Gómez. 2018. "Traceability in Patient Healthcare through the Integration of RFID Technology in an ICU in a Hospital" Sensors 18, no. 5: 1627. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18051627

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Martínez Pérez, M., Dafonte, C., & Gómez, Á. (2018). Traceability in Patient Healthcare through the Integration of RFID Technology in an ICU in a Hospital. Sensors, 18(5), 1627. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18051627

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