MEPS Real Time Inc.

Intelliguard® RFID Solutions for Critical Inventory

MEPS Real-Time, Inc.

Assuring the correct medication is available for patient care is vital to patient safety. At the same time, excessive inventory holding costs, expired medication waste and needless work can be a drain on hospital financial and staff resources. With Intelliguard® RFID Solutions, manual counting and item-level scanning are eliminated, and pharmacy management receives real-time actionable data for evidence-based decision making.
The MEPS® Real-Time suite of Intelliguard® Solutions leverage RFID technology for better tracking of medication expiration dates, NDCs, lot numbers and temperature; reduce errors from manual tasks, and allow insight to optimum drug inventory levels. Our systems are contracted for over 100 units in hospital pharmacies across the country and Canada to:

• monitor drug expiration dates, NDCs, lot numbers, and temperature;
• provide management insight to optimum drug inventory levels
• increase staff efficiency by eliminating manual counting and item-level scanning through automation;
• improve patient safety through medication error prevention;
• enhance diversion prevention

Intelliguard® Kit and Tray Management System

The Intelliguard® Kit and Tray management System uses advanced RFID technology to automate medication inventory management and replenishment for kits, trays and tackle boxes. With the ability to read high-density trays, multi-layer tackle boxes and overlapping medication labels, this revolutionary system can scan more than 150 medications in seconds.

• Increase accuracy of identifying expired, soon-to-expire and recalled medications
• Decrease replenishment time
• Reduce the cost of held inventory
• Improve patient safety

"The Intelliguard® Kit and Tray Management System has significantly improved accuracy and reduced pharmacy replenishment time from between 5 to 45 minutes to three minutes, even with trays containing more than 120 items. My staff can now focus more on patient care and I have more confidence that important floor stock medication, including many that are used in critical emergencies, are properly replenished." — Shannon “JJ” Johnson, Pharm.D., Director of Pharmacy, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA

Intelliguard® Kit and Tray Management System is available in multiple ergonomic configurations and sizes to meet the often limited space requirements of main hospital pharmacies and satellite pharmacies. Unique form factors include:

• All-In-One Workstation
• Countertop Workstation
• Undercounter Workstation

The Intelliguard® RFID Smart Tag:

• Provides 100% accurate read rate when combined with our patented and exclusive workstations and software
• Small tag size does not obscure the FDA-approved label provided by the drug manufacturer
• Easily fits on ampules and small vials and offers a single RFID tag solution for all medication packaging including syringes, ampules, vials, boxes and bags
• Allows for ampules and vials to easily fit in pockets of trays, kits and boxes

Intelliguard® Inventory Management System

The Intelliguard® Inventory Management System offers RFID-enabled Controlled Temperature Cabinets to provide real-time utilization and inventory management of high-value, critical dose pharmaceutical stock. The Intelliguard® Inventory Management System offers settings for Cold (2° - 8°C) or Controlled Room Temperature (20° - 25°C) storage and is available in multiple sizes—from small under-counter to large-capacity models.

Using the latest RFID technology, the Intelliguard® Inventory Management System provides automated visibility to dispensing and loading activity, with no item-level scanning or manually counting. Pharmacy management can immediately identify shortages to avoid stock-outs that can put patients at risk, and the system allows staff to quickly find and remove expired or recalled medication. With the Intelliguard® Inventory Management system, you can confidently right-size inventory to reduce quantities and pre-paid inventory costs. Actionable management alerts and reports keep you connected:

• PAR-levels
• Dispensing and loading activity
• Expiration dates and lot numbers
• Re-order needs
• Temperature
• Recalls

Verified Inventory Program-Consignment (VIPc)™, offered exclusively by FFF Enterprises

VIPc™ is a product consignment program that utilizes RFID technology to continuously monitor critical-care products, freeing providers to focus on patient care. Chief among VIPc’s advantages is that it eliminates product carrying costs, while making sure products are available when they are needed. Facilities will be equipped with cabinet(s) for storage of the consignment products. Cabinets are available in three sizes and can be used as either cold or controlled room-temperature units.

With VIPc’s RFID technology, product inventory levels, temperature and expiration dates are monitored continuously. Products are automatically replenished and facilities are only charged for product that is used. Furthermore, VIPc preemptively pulls and replaces product well before its beyond-use date, so there is no liability for expired product.