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APRIL 29, 2023

RFID Improves Management of Anesthesia Trays

By Gina Shaw
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Adam Trimble, PharmD

LAS VEGAS—Standardizing anesthesia trays using radio- frequency identification (RFID) tags can reduce medication errors in the operating room while also providing robust OR data collection, according to Adam Trimble, PharmD, a clinical pharmacy manager at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, in Columbus.

An assessment of medications in anesthesia trays found variability across the 12-hospital system, which has more than 200 ORs. “We found medication