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Centralized reprocessing solution
Client
A county’s wellbeing services, consisting of 20 individual clinics, decided to consolidate their reprocessing services into three centralized providers. This initiative aimed to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and establish a standardized reprocessing procedure for all clinics within the county.
Challenge
Struggles they faced before implementing LM DTS included:
- Lack of a comprehensive overview in the planning and management of borrowed items.
- Clinics lack information on the whereabouts of instruments, their return timelines, and responsible individuals.
- Clinics may face shortages or end up acquiring an excess of instruments.
- Inefficient management of the reprocessing process. Many clinics having their own personnel handling reprocessing
- Clinics struggle to track maintenance schedules and logistics for instruments.
- Absence of actual tracking of inventory levels and stock at both the clinic and county levels.
- Clinics lack visibility into the wear and tear of instruments and materials or the associated costs.
- Clinics are burdened with manual tasks, increasing the risk of human errors.
Solution
All 20 clinics and 3 centralized service providers were equipped with LM DTS ™ Table Readers, Instruments were tagged using LM dental smart tagging solutions. All readers and reader activities were connected through LM DTS™ Software Server
1. Instruments and cassettes with inbuilt tags
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LM-Dental hand instruments and LM-Servo E casettes with inbuilt tag.
2. Smart Tracking solutions
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Instruments and equipment from other manufacturers were tagged using LM DTS™ RFID stickers
3. LM DTS™ Table readers
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LM DTS™ Table readers for clinics and centralized reprocessing facilities, used to scan incoming and outgoing instruments and materials.
4. LM DTS™ Software
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LM DTS™ Software allows clinics to in real-time check the location and status of their instruments and materials.
Results
When installed and in use the system provided the clinics with a simple yet comprehensive solution for efficient maintenance operation management and monitoring of instruments.
The system enables clinics to benefit in various ways, for example:
- Clinics can track the real-time location and status of instruments and materials.
- Clinics can streamline logistics and optimize cycle times.
- Clinics can monitor processes and ensure that instruments and materials are available when needed.
- Costs can be tracked and allocated accurately.
- Analytics can be leveraged to optimize processes and material quantities for improved efficiency.
- Clinics can identify bottlenecks, set alert thresholds, and management gains a centralized view of the situation.
Explore reporting possibilities
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Process implementations
The report illustrates how well various processes are implemented. It enables tracking and measuring the movement of different articles within the clinic.
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Assigning price for activity
The system allows assigning a price to each activity. This way, a clear report can be generated to identify which activities incur the highest costs.
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Inventory level
This view displays the current inventory quantity and value is available. The report also highlights articles that have been unused for an extended period.
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Utilization rate
The report displays the utilization rate of articles and how they are used in the clinic.
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