Sonitor Technologies, a company offering Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS), has inked a new partnership agreement with disease surveillance, infection prevention and control expert Infonaut to deploy its real-time infectious disease surveillance system at University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto.
Both the companies will work together to install Hospital Watch Live, a surveillance system that can control and stop hospital acquired infections using sophisticated software and advanced RTLS hardware.
Hospital Watch Live is backed by Sonitor's advanced real time locating system which will enable UHN to track movement, contact and interaction of patients in real time. The wireless system uses advanced, high definition ultrasound receivers and tags for tracking, providing exceptional room and sub-room accuracy.
Niall Wallace, Infonaut president, said this is a very important project for the healthcare community not just here in Canada, it has global implications. “With so much riding on this, it was critical to integrate our system with the best RTLS system available,” Wallace added.
In addition to swift response to infectious disease outbreaks, the surveillance system offers equipment tracking throughout the unit, and increase hand hygiene compliance.
UHN can make use of the information collected to conduct studies on techniques to increase quality and better protect staff from exposure to infections, helping everyone on the unit understand and break the chain of transmission.
Sonitor Technologies Chairman Richard Tabbutt commented, “We're thrilled to be an integral part of advancing patient care in a meaningful way. This outcome of this project is highly dependent on deploying the most advanced and sophisticated technologies.
Tabbutt said that they are confident that together with Infonaut they are going to have a significant impact at this site and beyond.”
Established in 1997, Sonitor Technologies' ultrasound Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) technology is specifically developed and designed for use in hospitals.
In other news, Sonitor Technologies recently announced the availability of a new wireless receiver infrastructure which will make installation a “plug and play” operation.
Sonitor's receiver offering now allows receivers to communicate with the server either wirelessly via 802.15.4, the existing Wi-Fi, or via Ethernet. The receiver units can also be powered by batteries if a 110 V is not available or via POE if Ethernet is chosen.
Edited by
Jennifer Russell
