Cadi Scientific Rolls Out Its SmartSense(TM) Solutions Throughout Asia and Now Targets European Market

SINGAPORE, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadi Scientific, a company that harnesses RFID technologies for wireless sensing and tracking devices in healthcare settings, revealed that it has deployed its Cadi SmartSense™ solutions in a number of hospitals throughout Asia. SmartSense™ includes a suite of revolutionary products for hospitals that enables wireless patient temperature and automated vital signs monitoring, real-time tracking of the location of patients and hospital mobile equipment, and infant safety tracking. To date, some 600,000 patients have benefited from its solutions and Cadi Scientific is now targeting hospitals and clinics within Europe. This announcement was made today at MEDICA 2012, the world's largest event for the medical sector, where Cadi Scientific is exhibiting several of its products at Hall 9, Booth B06.  

"Since the start of this year, we have rolled out our SmartSense™ solutions across Asia, and have been delighted by the enthusiastic response from both healthcare professionals and patients alike. Our solutions benefit healthcare professionals by saving time and effort, as well as benefit patients, through added safety and security," said Zenton Goh, Chief Executive Officer, Cadi Scientific.

In 2012, leading hospitals that signed up with Cadi Scientific include:

1. Hong Kong Union Hospital -- For the first time, Cadi Scientific's wireless temperature solution was implemented in a pediatric facility. Hong Kong Union Hospital installed the SmartSense Wireless Temperature and Vital Signs monitoring in its 51-bed pediatric ward. This automatically measures and chart patients' temperatures on a continuous basis, without disturbing the child's rest. Healthcare professionals are immediately alerted should any child start developing a fever, increasing patient safety. This improves workflow for nurses, allowing them to provide better patient care.
2. A leading premier hospital in Bangkok -- Cadi Scientific's Infant Safety solution was selected by a leading hospital in the Thai capital for its 30-bed maternity ward. This incorporates a mother-infant matching system that ensures the right infant is given to the right mother at all times. It also has an Active RFID tag secured with a tamper-alert strap on the ankle of infants, to alert nursing staff to any unauthorised movements. This solution helps hospital staff to easily and automatically match infants to their mothers and boosts the security of the ward.
3. Tan Tock Seng Hospital -- Singapore-based Tan Tock Seng Hospital, which has been using the SmartSense RFID solutions for the past 5 years, recently implemented Cadi Scientific's new automated vital signs data-entry solution, which has halved the time it takes to record patients' blood pressure, pulse rate and other vital signs. It also reduces the risk of errors resulting from manually taking the readings and re-entering them into a database.
4. Thomson Medical Centre -- Singapore-based Thomson Medical Centre will be the first private hospital to implement Cadi Scientific's newly launched Gen II Infant Safety solution in December 2012. With this deployment, patients will be protected with the new generation of infant and mother tags, which are smaller (for increased comfort for mother and child) with longer battery life.
5. Beijing Union Hospital (China) -- Beijing Union Hospital will implement Cadi Scientific's vital signs monitoring system that includes the wireless temperature solution in the isolation ward by mid November 2012. The reading of patients' vital signs and temperature will be automatically and wirelessly uploaded to the Hospital Information System, reducing physical contact between healthcare staff and infectious patients.
6. Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam -- Cadi Scientific was part of a team led by CSC's Healthcare Group that won an international tender awarded by Brunei's Ministry of Health for a full turnkey solution. This was part of the government's initiative to establish electronic patient record for the country. Cadi Scientific provided tracking of blood bag movement across four district hospitals, together with monitoring their storage temperature. Cadi Scientific also handled the Mortuary Management system. Both systems will be interfaced to CSC's Healthcare Group via HL7 application interface protocol and the first hospital site will go live by December 2012.

In addition to these hospitals that deployed Cadi SmartSense™ solutions in 2012, other leading hospitals in the Asian region that have used Cadi Scientific's solutions include the National University Hospital, Singapore General Hospital, Prince Court Medical Centre, WuXi People's Hospital, Beijing University First Hospital, Beijing Union Hospital and Tuen Mun Hospital.

About Cadi Scientific

Established in 2003, Cadi Scientific develops wireless sensing and tracking devices for enhancing patient care. The company's flagship product, Cadi SmartSense™ is a revolutionary product for hospitals that enables wireless patient temperature and automated vital signs monitoring, real-time tracking of the locations of patients and hospital mobile equipment, and infant safety tracking. In addition, the company has developed and marketed the Cadi T560 Thermometer Cadi.Sense Wireless Thermometer and Cadi BP880 Blood Pressure Monitor for the consumer market. For more information, visit www.cadi.com.sg