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"The Special Addition Birth Center at Shawnee Mission Medical Center is astate-of-the-art facility that has newly renovated Labor and Delivery rooms.It features advanced security, and we are proud that our Safe Place InfantSecurity system is a part of the technology that protects the hospital'sinfants and children," said Ross Scavuzzo, President of RF Technologies.
The Safe Place Infant Security Solution protects infants within anassigned area. Security begins as soon as the nurse attaches the small,lightweight transmitter onto the infant's ankle. Safe Place is designed forand by clinical nurses to be user-friendly and improve staff productivity. Thetechnology increases efficiencies by centralizing information on a touchscreen PC monitor, allowing for easy admit with an auto-enroll feature, andconveniently identifying and registering nurses into the system with cardswipe and proximity readers. Safe Place allows the hospital to generate avariety of customized reports to help reduce alarms and be ready for JointCommission reviews at the touch of a button.
"We are excited about the upcoming upgrade to Version 5.0 because thesoftware is capable of running on our existing computer network," said DebraOhnoutka, Director of Women's and Children's Services at SMMC. "This willallow us to check and update Safe Place data on our tablet PCs bedside."Version 5.0 software also includes a new Blue Alarm Equipment Containmentfeature that permits transmitters to be attached to medical equipment,alerting staff when equipment is being removed from a designated area.
RF Technologies and SMMC expanded their partnership by providing AdvancedCardiac Life Support training for pregnant or newly delivered patients(ACLS/OB). The training was offered to both SMMC's and neighboring hospitals'OB nursing staff. In total, three days of training were provided. The two-dayprovider course was underwritten by RF Technologies and hosted by SMMC. Thecourse was taught by Teresa Stanfill, RNC, MSN, and Katie Schimmelpfennig,RNC, BSN, both Maternity Services Clinical Instructors at St. Luke's MeridianMedical Center in Boise, Idaho. The ACLS/OB course implements the AmericanHeart Association ACLS guidelines established in 2005. Upon completion of thiscourse, the provider receives a standard AHA ACLS Provider Card. Continuingeducation contact hours will be awarded for the ACLS/OB Provider Course. Daythree of the course is designed to prepare new Instructor Candidates to teachACLS/OB courses.
The SMMC ACLS/OB presentation was the first of six regional courses to besponsored by RF Technologies. The next course will be held in May and hostedby Waukesha Memorial Hospital in Waukesha, Wisconsin. For details on thiscourse and future offerings, contact Leslie Roste at 1.800.669.9946 ext. 6701.
About RF Technologies, Inc.:
RF Technologies(R) is a leading provider of comprehensive, integratedradio frequency identification (RFID) monitoring systems and healthcareenterprise solutions, with an installed base of more than 10,000 systemsworldwide. RF Technologies specializes in state-of-the-art healthcaresolutions for senior care facilities and hospitals, including Code Alert(R)Wandering Management and Wireless Call, Sensatec(R) Fall Management,PinPoint(R) Asset Tracking, Seeker(R) Mobile Locating, and Safe Place(R) EDand Infant Security Solutions. RF Technolo
