Webinar Request - Medical Scope Management using RTLS
The webinar, led by expert Tim Tower, discusses how real-time locating technology (RTLS) can enhance medical scope management by increasing visibility and control over reprocessing, optimizing asset utilization, ensuring proper storage conditions, automating inventory management, improving clinical workflows, and reducing equipment loss.
Webinar Recording: Medical Scope Management using RTLS
With the potential for widespread disease and the risk of infection from medical scopes, it is crucial for healthcare facilities to have the ability to track the usage, reprocessing, service, and storage lifecycles of these devices. During this webinar, subject matter expert Tim Tower focuses on leveraging real-time locating technology to improve the management of endoscopes.
Key topics covered include:
- Increasing visibility and control of scope reprocessing
- Prioritizing asset utilization to avoid frequent and unnecessary reprocessing
- Ensuring endoscopes are stored in the appropriate environmental conditions
- Automating PAR-level management
- Improving clinical workflow and reducing time searching for equipment
- Reducing equipment shrinkage
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