MedCons_IPC
Digitise the workflows of the Infection Control Department – instrument reprocessing through each station, and linen and medical waste management – using barcodes, for full traceability and improved patient safety.
Every day, thousands of instruments, surgical sets and linen items move between clinical departments and the Infection Control Department, and medical waste is generated in every department. When tracking relies on handover logbooks, it is hard to answer quickly: which steps has this set been through, which sterilisation load was it in, which patient was it used on; where is linen being lost; how much waste does each department produce.
MedCons_IPC assigns a barcode to every instrument, set, linen item and waste bag, and records each pass through a processing station with a scanner. The entire journey is traceable end to end, the Infection Control Department has real-time data for monitoring, and leadership gets reports for quality management and patient safety.
Key features
Instrument tracking across stations
Track instruments through collection – cleaning – inspection and packing – sterilisation – storage – issue, with barcode scanning at each station.
Sterilisation load management
Record sterilisation loads, equipment, parameters and test results; link each set to its load for retrieval when needed.
Linen management
Track handover, laundering and issue of linen between departments; report circulation volumes, damage and losses.
Medical waste management
Record segregation, weighing and handover of waste by department and by type (infectious, hazardous, general…).
Barcode printing & scanning
Integrated barcode label printers and scanners for fast operation at each station and minimal manual recording.
Reporting & monitoring
Dashboards for station throughput, processing times, instrument set inventory and waste volumes; reports for internal monitoring and regulators.
Benefits
- Patient safety: full reprocessing history for every instrument set, supporting investigations when incidents occur.
- Fewer losses: control the number of instruments and linen items moving between departments.
- Optimised Infection Control operations: clear visibility of capacity and bottlenecks at each processing station.
- Transparent medical waste data: volumes by department and by type for reporting and controlling disposal costs.
- Ready for inspections and quality assessments: digital records replace paper logbooks.
Who uses it
Implementation with Medcons
AssessmentReview current processes, data and IT infrastructure
StandardisationStandardise master data, coding and business processes
ConfigurationSet up the system, user permissions and integration with existing software
TrainingRole-based training and parallel pilot run
Ongoing supportOperational support, feature updates and continuous improvement
Digitise infection control at your hospital
Contact Medcons for a demo of instrument, linen and medical waste tracking in MedCons_IPC.
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