RFID Technology Helps Vaccine Traceability

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According to WHO data, more than 3,200 monkeypox cases have been reported in nearly 50 countries and territories around the world.

According to WHO data, more than 3,200 monkeypox cases have been reported in nearly 50 countries and territories around the world.
The World Health Organization has issued a monkeypox outbreak warning, saying that given cases have been detected in many countries where the monkeypox virus is not endemic, with the expansion of surveillance, it is possible to find more cases in the countries that have reported cases and other countries in the future. , the monkeypox virus will spread further. At the same time, since it has been 40 to 50 years since the large-scale cessation of smallpox vaccination, the decline in the immune protection ability of the smallpox vaccine may be the reason for the exacerbation of monkeypox epidemics.


The British "Financial Times" website reported on May 22 that the European Union's infectious diseases agency will advise member states to develop strategies for possible monkeypox vaccination programs to deal with rising cases. Numerous countries have followed suit and instituted monkeypox vaccination programs. In order to better vaccinate people from all over the world, the safety of vaccine storage and transportation cannot be ignored. Solutions based on RFID vaccine management have been favored by major vaccine transportation companies.
RFID vaccine management is a real-time asset and temperature management system based on RFID and sensor technology. In the process of vaccine transportation, inventory and distribution, RFID technology is used to mark all the information of each box of vaccines, and real-time temperature recording, tracking and analysis of vaccines are realized through sensor technology.

Warehousing
According to the purchase details of the purchase order, after receiving the delivery from the manufacturer, paste an RFID tag (or barcode) in each vaccine box. The RFID tag contains all vaccine information such as vaccine variety, supplier, and expiration date. When the vaccine box is sent to the cold storage, a handheld RFID device is used to associate the vaccine box with the storage location. The storage location is marked with RFID tags, and the cold storage can be divided into different virtual positions in a matrix manner according to the size of the cold storage.
Real-time temperature monitoring
Place RFID temperature tags in key parts of the cold storage. The RFID temperature tags monitor the temperature of the cold storage in real time according to the system requirements, and transmit the temperature information to the management center in real time through the sensor network. In the management center, the temperature information of all locations in the cold storage can be seen in real time, and When the temperature exceeds the preset temperature value, the system will automatically alarm.

Inventory
Vaccines must be shipped out of the warehouse in strict accordance with the first-in-first-out management process, so the daily inventory is to ensure that the vaccines in stock correspond exactly to the information in the system. During the inventory, the staff uses the handheld RFID reader to read the cold storage location tag, and then reads the RFID tag on the vaccine box to realize the database of the real inventory information, and the inventory data is transmitted to the vaccine information management system through the wireless sensor network. Realize paperless, real-time inventory count.

Out of stock
According to the delivery principle stipulated in the Vaccine Use Management Measures, the location of the vaccine that needs to be delivered from the warehouse (identified by the RFID tag of the cold storage location) can be located through the system, and the vaccine box to be delivered can be located. The label achieves the purpose of strictly out of the library.

Transportation
For bulk vaccines that require long-distance transportation, use active RFID temperature tags in cold storage trucks to monitor temperature changes during transportation in real time, and transmit real-time data back to the monitoring system through GPRS/5G and other communication methods to ensure that during transportation. meet the storage requirements for vaccines.
Rakinda Technologies, as a leading supplier of automatic identification, can provide the RFID tags as well as RFID readers, to escort for vaccines.

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