Industry news: Can we make babies safer in our hospitals?

With a comprehensive system comprising of RFID and barcoding, Baetu explains, hospital management will be able to effortlessly eliminate theft of hospital equipment and furniture while ensuring complete patient safety with access control and computerized prescriptions.

The BabySafe Tag has the following features:
• Water proof.
• Strap length is orderable from newly born to adult.
• The strap has a “Tamper” feature. When open or cut, transmits a “Tamper” status.
• Low battery warning.
• Changeable strap / battery, by factory.
• Maximum range >25 meters, minimum range 250mm - reader adjustable!
• Battery life: 235 days.

“The BabySafe tag will set off an alarm if any unauthorised person removes the baby from the ward, or tries to cut or remove the tag from the wrist,” says Baetu. “This will put parent's minds more at ease when entrusting their newborns to hospital staff.”

Each tag has a unique identification number, read by RFID readers and registered on the computer mainframe, making it impossible to merely “switch” labels, as is possible with conventional wristbands.

Baetu says, “Making our hospitals a safer place is something Harmonic Group feels passionate about, and this tag is just one of the ways we want to contribute to the overall modernization and upgrading of the South African healthcare sector.”

About Harmonic Group:

Harmonic Group is a barcoding and mobile solutions specialist with offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Harmonic Group represents some of the worlds leading brands in their highly specialised niche; Datalogic, Gotive, Bitatek, Argox, Orient, and Handheld Europe. Harmonic also develops customised software solutions including the eWarehouse and eAssets products.