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An advanced RFID chip can be integrated into any 100 h saved
material from different manufacturers – enabling
complete and reliable traceability of the materials Time needed for manual checking was
by scanning them with the DTS™ reader. reduced by more than 100 hours per year at
The School of Oral Health Care at the University
of Copenhagen (UCPH) with the use of DTS™.
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LM Dental Tracking System™

Improving material flows and enhancing patient safety

The LM Dental Tracking System™ (DTS™) is the first commercially the instruments at all times.
available system in the dental industry to efficiently track and From the time they are dispensed
monitor dental instruments and materials using radio frequency through their utilisation, processing,
(RFID) technology. A tiny RFID chip in e.g. hand instruments, sterilization, and return to our storage",
handpieces, and filling materials from different manufacturers says Bo Danielsen, Head of the School
allows them to be traced by simple scanning. This built-in of Oral Health Care.
identification technology creates a unique dental tracking system
together with scanning readers and server software. The system “The LM Dental Tracking System
optimises and streamlines material flows at dental clinics – both ensures that we always have full
in maintenance and clinical care. control over the hygiene status of our
instruments. We can also precisely
KNOW THE LOCATION OF well as who has been using them and document which of them students have
ALL MATERIALS on whom. Automating traceability, been using and on which patients, as
The scanned dental instruments and logistics, and infection control well as when they have been sterilised.
materials are tracked with readers documentation allows the staff to We can define which instruments
that record the location and status work more efficiently and focus on different students are allowed to use.
of all tagged materials. Instruments, the patient. We can even follow when and for
handpieces, filling materials, implants how long students work on different
etc. from different manufacturers are The School of Oral Health Care patients”, Danielsen continues.
wirelessly read in a few seconds. at the University of Copenhagen
in Denmark has used the Dental Just-in-time processes for instrument
The information is sent to server Tracking System (DTS) from LM-Dental maintenance have reduced inventory
software that tracks and verifies since 2015. costs at the university by approximately
activity cycles of tagged materials 10 percent.
– allowing clinicians to trace where “Each of our instruments have been
instruments and materials are as tagged. With the use of scanners and Overall, tracking instruments serves
RFID technology, we can keep track of many purposes and can contribute
to better and cheaper operations
at a dental office – especially in
larger settings. ▟

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