AORN J. 2024 Jun;119(6):e1-e9. doi: 10.1002/aorn.14145.
Minimally invasive surgery can involve the use of robotics to improve patient outcomes. Some robotic systems require special instruments with a designated number of uses. In China, during the reprocessing of the robotic instruments, health care personnel determined that the existing tracking processes were inadequate. They conducted a quality improvement project with the goal of establishing a barcode-based standardized process for tracking robotic instruments. They implemented technology that generated a unique identifier each time a robotic instrument was reprocessed after use. Nurses scanned the identifier when surgeons used the instrument. The findings included the increased accuracy of use documentation and decreases in untraceable sterilization and use records, charging concerns, and average daily and monthly inventory times. An increase in adverse event reports associated with robotic instruments also was noted. The use of barcode technology for robotic instrument tracking continues at the facility and may be expanded for additional specialty instruments.
微创手术可能涉及使用机器人技术来改善患者的治疗效果。一些机器人系统需要具有特定使用次数的专用器械。在中国，在对机器人器械进行再处理时，医护人员发现现有的跟踪流程不够完善。他们开展了一个质量改进项目，旨在为机器人器械的跟踪建立一个基于条形码的标准化流程。他们采用了一种技术，每次在机器人器械使用后进行再处理时，都会生成一个唯一的标识符。当外科医生使用器械时，护士会扫描该标识符。研究结果包括提高了使用记录的准确性，减少了无法追踪的消毒和使用记录、计费问题以及平均每日和每月的库存时间。还注意到与机器人器械相关的不良事件报告有所增加。该设施仍在继续使用条形码技术对机器人器械进行跟踪，并可能会将其扩展到其他专科器械。
