How Barcode Scanner Drivers Can Benefit Your Healthcare Practice

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Most people relate barcodes to retail organizations. However, many healthcare companies can benefit from implementing barcode scanner drivers in their asset tracking process. Applying barcodes to the assets you rely on to provide quality care will help you make your tracking process more efficient and effective. Here's how:

Attaching barcodes to each of your medical devices is a great way to keep track of them.


There's a lot of information you need to keep track of in order to make sure your devices stay safe to use. You need to know when each device was last cleaned and sterilized. Most clinics require sterilization between each patient. Trying to track this manually is absolutely impossible. However, if you don't track how often they've been cleaned, you run the risk of exposing your patients to bacteria and other pathogens.

Scanning barcodes during every cleaning can be done in a matter of seconds. You don't have to add any other steps, and can continue about the steps that keep your clinic running.

You'll also need to know when each device was last maintained.


If your assets aren't kept up to date with the latest safety protocols, you also run the risk of something malfunctioning during treatment. This could become a lawsuit, and in the worst case scenario, could end your clinic for good.

Tracking maintenance records through barcodes means you don't have to second guess when each device was last checked for safety. You'll also be able to set up reminders so you don't have to try to remember when it needs to be examined.

How Installing Barcode Scanner Drivers Improves Patient Care


Your clinic relies on medical devices to treat your patients. These devices help you figure out what is going on with each patient you see. Diagnosis is a big part of treating each patient. If you don't know what is happening inside of each of your patients, you won't know what type of treatment they need to improve.

However, if you don't have these medical devices, you won't be able to make any diagnosis. Spending time searching for the items you need during a patient visit cuts into your ability to talk with the people you treat. Being able to spend time with your patients helps you understand what they're going through

Installing barcode scanner drivers in your healthcare hardware makes it easy for you to track your medical devices. No matter what machines you use to track your medical assets, you can install barcode scanning software and apply the appropriate labels to each item. These software programs then interface with your asset tracking database.

This platform will store all of the information on each of your medical devices. Each asset entry has a field for date of acquisition, make and manufacture, intended usage, which teams have access to it, and more.

When your patients know that you keep your devices up to spec, they'll feel taken care of and know that you have their best interests in mind. In healthcare, patient safety and comfort is a top priority. You don't want them feeling like you aren't able to help them because you can't keep track of the equipment in your clinic.

Consider implementing an asset tracking solution that relies on barcodes to track the devices you have on hand. Doing so will greatly improve your patient care and increase patient satisfaction across your clinic.

By:

Bree Brouwer

Bree has held plenty of media- and marketing-related jobs over the years now, like working as a PR and marketing assistant to a Hollywood screenwriting coach, and writing content for three different digital marketing agencies.

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