Inspecting Radiology Shields Using Passive RFID

摘要

A method for locating/identifying and inspecting radiology shields to facilitate the safe use thereof is carried out by providing a set of radiology shields, each of the radiology shields having a unique identifier, and each of the radiology shields carrying a passive RFID tag, the passive RFID tag associated with the unique identifier; providing a central database, the database comprising common data and individual shield data; transmitting the common data and individual shield data for at least shields to be inspected to a portable RFID reader; identifying, with the portable RFID reader, shields to be inspected based on the inspection time interval and the data of last inspection; entering a determination of pass or fail inspection into the portable RFID reader for each of the shields to be inspected; and updating the central database individual shield data for each of the shields to be inspected from the portable RFID reader.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for locating and inspecting radiology shields, comprising:
(a) providing a set of radiology shields, each of said radiology shields having a unique identifier thereon, and each of said radiology shields carrying a passive RFID tag, said passive RFID tag associated with said unique identifier; (b) providing a central database, said database comprising common data and individual shield data, said common data comprising:
(i) an inspection time interval for said radiology shields, and(ii) authorized users for said method;and said individual shield data comprising, for each of said radiology shields:
(i′) the unique identifier for said radiology shield;(ii′) the RFID tag associated with said radiology shield;(iii′) a date of last inspection for said radiology shield; and(iv′) a pass or fail inspection determination for said radiology shield at said last inspection; (c) transmitting said common data and individual shield data for at least shields to be inspected to a portable RPM reader; (d) identifying, with said portable RFID reader, shields to be inspected based on said inspection time interval and said data of last inspection; (e) entering a determination of pass or fail inspection into said portable RFID reader for each of said shields to be inspected; and then (f) updating said central database individual shield data for each of said shields to be inspected from said portable RFID reader.