Fresenius Kabi and Marble AI are leading the integration of RFID solutions to enhance tracking and traceability in healthcare. RFID-embedded products and software platforms like MarbleMeds help improve inventory management to more precisely manage medication inventory and help eliminate expiring products in the hospital pharmacy.
RFID technology offers a transformative evolution away from traditional manual methods, enabling facilities to reduce the risk of errors and shortages, improve efficiency, and enable the digital visibility of inventory. By embedding RFID capabilities into the medication-use process, facilities can achieve accurate inventory counts, efficient inventory management, and assure medication availability for patient care. The use of RFID-embedded medications aligns with the Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recommendations to reduce medication errors and ASHP Foundation recommendations to enable increased efficiency, visibility, safety, and quality within healthcare practices.1,2
Inventory management has come under increased scrutiny within hospital pharmacies due to the rising costs of medications and the need to avoid shortages associated with inaccurate inventory data. Additionally, resource-constrained facilities are looking for solutions to increase efficiency and accuracy of medication inventories. RFID-based systems like MarbleMeds help eliminate time spent by staff logging into manual systems, updating inventory counts, and cycle counting medications to keep the system accurate.3 Fresenius Kabi’s +RFID portfolio of pre-tagged medications utilizes RAIN RFID; products are tagged at the source, arriving ready-to-read, which can save pharmacies from the potentially tedious and error-prone task of tag application and association. Buyers utilizing MarbleMeds can place orders with more precision and confidence knowing that the quantities of medications are accurate, which may decrease drug expenses over time. MarbleMeds helps avoid expiring high-value medications through continuous expiration date monitoring and proactive notifications, providing guidance when medications are approaching their expiration date.3 Fresenius Kabi’s pre-tagged products are developed in accordance with GS1 US Tag Data Standards (GTIN+), which allows MarbleMeds to wirelessly monitor +RFID inventory.
Fresenius Kabi continues to improve and expand their extensive +RFID portfolio of pre-tagged products, which arrive ready-to-read, are designed for interoperability, and are compatible with industry-leading automated medication inventory management systems. RFID-embedded products helps save time and support a safe, more efficient inventory processes. To see the full +RFID portfolio, visit plusRFID.com.
The ongoing collaboration between Fresenius Kabi and industry experts like Marble AI positions RFID technology as a vital tool for modernizing healthcare safety systems, ensuring that medication management keeps pace with technological advancements and evolving regulatory requirements.
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