Security Pro USA2006-08-25 10:03:59
Hospitals and Medical Centers Report Loss and Theft of Surgical Instruments through Clever Waste Removal Tactics
This is the stuff movies are made of. A hospital staff member is disgruntled about wages and strikes a deal with an outsider to collect surgical knives from the operating room. They cut a deal for a weekly cash payout and the employee smuggles the instruments out wrapped in dirty linens or disguised as trash. Who is going to suspect anything? With all the hands that route used instruments from surgery to autoclave to restocked inventory, where and when will they be missed? At the end of the year the hospital writes it off as unrecoverd inventory, or worse, reclassifies it as disposable inventory. What a cover up! Who is paying for all this?
Until hospitals fund multi-million RFID technology to tag surgical supplies, this method of medical supply loss and theft will continue. [RFID - radio frequency identification - tags equipment/supplies with radio wave locators]. The Miami Herald reported that a local hospital could not account for $4 million worth of equipment--20,000 items--some as large as hospital beds and sterilizers. Agility Healthcare Solutions reported that a 200-bed hospital is likely to lose track of at least $600,000 per year in equipment and supplies. Another report showed employees complained of spending 25-33% of their shift looking for the equipment and supplies that were not where they belonged. How many dollars in labor wage and replacement costs are lost and how much is stolen?
An inexpensive solution to remedy the supply shortage is to establish portable scanners for waste and laundry removal from operating rooms and emergency rooms. Security Pro USA provides hospitals with MediScan Loss Prevention Scanners that look very much like trash cans but have a metal detection device built in. This device can be set to alert specifically for stainless steel and ferrous metals, or for all-metals. It can also be adjusted to sensitivity levels for size-related objects. Security Pro President Grace Bille declares, "A customer's stability depends upon their ability to safeguard their assets.� Detailed information can be found by visiting www.securityprousa.com and typing MediScan into the search field.
SecurityPro USA is a state-of-the-art protection services agency designed to maintain a desired level of security in any given situation. Since 1986 it serves Homeland Security, Police, Military and Corporate Security with a complete line of safety, surveillance and security equipment and supplies. Hospitals became a focus when rising healthcare costs caused material managers to look for cost-savings strategies within their facilities. The online security super center is now available to the public for personal safety items at www.SecurityProUSA.com. A SecurityPro presence is the best deterrent against unlawful acts on your premises and will give your clients, employees, and your family peace of mind.
This is the stuff movies are made of. A hospital staff member is disgruntled about wages and strikes a deal with an outsider to collect surgical knives from the operating room. They cut a deal for a weekly cash payout and the employee smuggles the instruments out wrapped in dirty linens or disguised as trash. Who is going to suspect anything? With all the hands that route used instruments from surgery to autoclave to restocked inventory, where and when will they be missed? At the end of the year the hospital writes it off as unrecoverd inventory, or worse, reclassifies it as disposable inventory. What a cover up! Who is paying for all this?
Until hospitals fund multi-million RFID technology to tag surgical supplies, this method of medical supply loss and theft will continue. [RFID - radio frequency identification - tags equipment/supplies with radio wave locators]. The Miami Herald reported that a local hospital could not account for $4 million worth of equipment--20,000 items--some as large as hospital beds and sterilizers. Agility Healthcare Solutions reported that a 200-bed hospital is likely to lose track of at least $600,000 per year in equipment and supplies. Another report showed employees complained of spending 25-33% of their shift looking for the equipment and supplies that were not where they belonged. How many dollars in labor wage and replacement costs are lost and how much is stolen?
An inexpensive solution to remedy the supply shortage is to establish portable scanners for waste and laundry removal from operating rooms and emergency rooms. Security Pro USA provides hospitals with MediScan Loss Prevention Scanners that look very much like trash cans but have a metal detection device built in. This device can be set to alert specifically for stainless steel and ferrous metals, or for all-metals. It can also be adjusted to sensitivity levels for size-related objects. Security Pro President Grace Bille declares, "A customer's stability depends upon their ability to safeguard their assets.� Detailed information can be found by visiting www.securityprousa.com and typing MediScan into the search field.
SecurityPro USA is a state-of-the-art protection services agency designed to maintain a desired level of security in any given situation. Since 1986 it serves Homeland Security, Police, Military and Corporate Security with a complete line of safety, surveillance and security equipment and supplies. Hospitals became a focus when rising healthcare costs caused material managers to look for cost-savings strategies within their facilities. The online security super center is now available to the public for personal safety items at www.SecurityProUSA.com. A SecurityPro presence is the best deterrent against unlawful acts on your premises and will give your clients, employees, and your family peace of mind.
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