Lost and Found: Use of GPS Technology to Improve Storage of Patient Belongings in Hospital Setting

Author

Shelby A. Sievers, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleFollow
Griffin M. Heise, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleFollow
Min G. Kang, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleFollow
Michael Totty, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleFollow

Date of Graduation

5-2016

College

Biomedical Engineering

First Advisor

Jeffrey Reinbolt

Second Advisor

Amy Stevens

Comments

Patient valuables are often misplaced and lost when transferring patients from room to room in the hospital due to lack of a formal system for handling and tracking personables. This team designed, developed, and manufactured an easy to use storage system capable of Bluetooth positional tracking that incorporated an RFID locking system to provide casual theft protection for everyday use by hospital staff and patients. The development of a cheap, effective system which decreases item loss and hospital liability has the potential to be implemented in hospitals across the nation.

Recommended Citation

Sievers, Shelby A.; Heise, Griffin M.; Kang, Min G.; and Totty, Michael, "Lost and Found: Use of GPS Technology to Improve Storage of Patient Belongings in Hospital Setting" (2016). Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj/1956