Royal Bolton Hospital employ Dakota for Patient Wristbanding Solution

Dakota IS, based in Carrington Manchester has been chosen from a list of companies to provide a full Positive Patient ID (PPI) solution to comply with the National Patient Safety Agency’s (NPSA) Safer Practice notice on printed wristbands.

The trust undertook an exhaustive selection process & chose Dakota from a number of potential suppliers including LaserBand. During the process Dakota invited Royal Bolton Hospital to their annual Technology Day for NHS end users, undertook presentations to clinical & ward staff, committed to a mini pilot as well as succeeding in the trusts’ rigorous tender process. An integral part of the Dakota bid was the provision of a compliant wristband solution & integration with the trusts’ PAS system.

In detail the project specifics included:

  • Provision of Zebra HC100 wristband printers & associated consumables
  • Provision of hardware maintenance contract
  • Provision of Dakota IS PASiMED solution incorporating integration with the trusts iSOFT PAS system & formatting of the wristband including 2D barcode
  • Provision of 2D Barcode readers
  • Hot staging of printers prior to deployment.

Additionally Dakota undertook high level training at the trust to ensure staff were familiar with the solution prior to roll out.

Commenting on the award Keith Hardy, MD at Dakota said “We are particularly delighted to have secured the PPI project with Royal Bolton. Of significance was the fact we are a local company providing a total solution & have been responsive to the needs of the trust every step of the way.”

He went on to say “Dakota has struck an excellent rapport with all of the project team involved with the roll out & on occasion have attended site on the same day of receiving requests to help support other projects. Once the trust identified we had expertise across a number of disciplines Dakota quickly became Royal Bolton’s trusted advisor on a number of different applications & we look forward to a long, successful association”.

Added on the 23rd of September 2009

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