St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital partners with CENTRAC to use a real-time location system with proximity sensors that monitor staff activities related to clinical duties and hygiene practices, providing management with data to ensure compliance with clinical processes and infection prevention.
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CenTrak Customer Testimonials
CenTrak's RTLS technology enhances healthcare facilities' effectiveness and efficiency by providing real-time location tracking of assets, patients, and staff, along with solutions for asset management, hand hygiene compliance, and patient and staff protection.
The Secret To Gaining Staff Buy In For RTLS
The article explains that gaining staff buy-in for Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS) in healthcare hinges on clear communication to dispel myths and demonstrate benefits such as enhanced staff protection through discreet emergency alerts, improved efficiency via accurate location tracking, and better documentation of response times, all of which contribute to safer, more efficient patient care environments.
The Possibility of Eliminating HAIs Using RTLS
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), which affect about one in 31 hospital patients daily and include types such as CLABSIs, CAUTIs, SSIs, and VAP, result from inadequate hygiene and pose serious health and financial risks, but can be mitigated through comprehensive infection control measures and the use of real-time location system (RTLS) technology to enhance prevention and hospital operational insights.
IoT Devices for Healthcare Facilities
CenTrak offers scalable and flexible IoT RTLS devices and wearables—including BLE, Multi-Mode, and clinical-grade options—for healthcare facilities to locate, monitor, and analyze patients, staff, and assets in real-time, enhancing workflow optimization, safety, cost reduction, and patient and staff experiences through interoperable technology such as UHF, Wi-Fi, Low Frequency, and Gen2IR with features like waterproofing, motion sensors, tamper detection, and configurable buttons.
CenTrak Ranked Best in KLAS by KLAS Research
CenTrak has been named the 2022 Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) Best in KLAS by KLAS Research for the fourth time, earning the highest performance score based on extensive healthcare provider feedback, with its enterprise platform offering advanced healthcare and senior living solutions such as infection control, contact tracing, asset monitoring, and workflow optimization to improve patient care and operational efficiency.
Preventing Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)
The article highlights a tuberculosis exposure incident at Emory University Hospital affecting hundreds, emphasizing how implementing CenTrak's Real-Time Location System and Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring technology could have precisely tracked contacts and ensured hand hygiene compliance to prevent healthcare-associated infections, thereby improving patient and staff safety through continuous, automated monitoring and data-driven insights.