A remote measurement technology provider that has identified a novel way for care providers to free up more staff time to look after residents, whilst solving business and compliance challenges, has been showing how GUARDIAN® could prevent many thousands of pounds worth of wasted prescription medication.
Plexus Innovation is ensuring that the UK’s care providers have the opportunity of a free demonstration of how making some simple adjustments to the way they do certain tasks will help them improve significantly in several crucial areas of their business. Showcasing GUARDIAN®, the Plexus Innovation team have been revealing how to remove problems associated with medical fridge and water system compliance management. It has also established how positively impactful its remote technology is in solving a range of challenges faced by care providers, including prevention of prescription medication waste.
Following a report in the Sunday Express that exposed that millions of pounds worth of drugs had to be thrown away because of faulty NHS fridge’s not staying at the required constant temperature, GUARDIAN® is now proving to be a winning solution in preventing the risk of this for all health and care providers.
In the same article, Jeremy Hutton of the Taxpayer’s Alliance, said: “In the 21st Century, old fashioned fridge failure should not still be a problem for the health service… every vial of medicine lost through these faults is one vial unavailable for patients that really need them.”
The article also revealed that across 30 large NHS Trusts, over 3 years there were 237 incidents adding up to the loss of over £2m pounds of vital medicine. This prompted Plexus Innovation to pose the question of how much medication is wasted by other cold storage users such as care providers.
Plexus Innovation’s managing director, Ian Murray, said: “We have spoken to a number of care providers who admit that they would benefit from reassurance that prescription medication is constantly maintained at the optimum safe temperature. They also know that their manual management of water system compliance is no longer the best it could be and that leaves them vulnerable.
“With both those things in mind, we needed to show them quickly and easily how GUARDIAN® can do all of that and much more. “It is therefore essential for those in care to take advantage of our free demonstrations exploring the sector challenges and benefits we can provide.” GUARDIAN® is a remote, automated measurement and alert system that focuses on environmental data including temperature. Ideal in reducing the risk of legionella and ensuring temperature in water or refrigerators and freezers is at an optimum level to protect health. Plexus Innovation’s technology comprises of a combination of hardware, with remote monitoring software. It can best benefit care providers by monitoring in real-time, enhancing business compliance, while relieving pressure on human time allowing the team to focus on the residents and patients. In addition to removing the need for any manual measurements and providing a solution to many of the sector challenges, GUARDIAN® can also identify and alert to taps left running, water leaks, water heaters under stress and failing assets – all enabling early intervention to be taken before a situation becomes a crisis.
Ian Murray, concluded: “We know how busy care provider teams are, particularly in recent times, and that the benefits gained from implementation of GUARDIAN® overlap with their current challenges.
“We are working with a growing number of care providers and the positive impact we are having is proving to be significant, so the more we can do to deliver our message, the more we can help with their challenges.”
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