Chaoyang Hospital: RFID Guard Tour System for Hospital Safety Management
A touch-free RFID patrol system keeps wards, labs, halls, corridors and fire equipment on a fixed schedule — with every round on record.
Hospital safety management covers general safety and medical safety — and general safety directly affects staff, patients and visitors. To strengthen it, Chaoyang Hospital in Beijing deployed a touch-free RFID guard tour management system.
Challenges
- Manual patrol records were inaccurate, and collecting them was slow and labor-intensive
- With huge daily visitor flows, management had no effective way to supervise security patrols
- Hospital departments ran separate platforms and systems — patrol data could not be aggregated or shared
Solution
RFID checkpoints were installed at every patrol position. The guard tour system sets patrol cycles and schedules, and guards make timed, fixed-point rounds across wards, labs, halls, corridors, fire equipment and the building perimeter. The reader stores each checkpoint read and uploads data to the management end, which interconnects with hospital systems for unified coordination.
Results
- Patrol data is aggregated into reports that accurately record when each guard reached each position
- Missed patrols were eliminated; the patrol regime became standardized and fully evidence-based
- Schedules, routes and personnel are defined centrally in the backend — patrol efficiency up sharply
- Management reviews routes in real time, scores guard performance, and cuts absenteeism and missed rounds
- Corridors and fire passages stay clear; hazards are found and resolved promptly
One system now integrates medical rounds, equipment maintenance, fire inspection and security — one system for all facility services.
