Hybrid RTLS Solution Tracks Infants in Hospitals

Technology company Litum is offering a real-time location system (RTLS), for infants that includes its new “Little Tag” designed for a hospital’s smallest patients.

 The infant security service using the tag aims at reducing the risk of mismatches and abductions with a department-focused approach, in highly-secured areas of a hospital.

The solution-as-a-service (SaaS) features both ultra-wideband (UWB) and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-enabled anchors, gateways, as well as tags, to identify the location of an infant and that infant’s mother or other individual, within a meter or less.

And beyond providing real-time tracking and alerting for the security of the infant, the system offers analytics for hospitals to better understand procedures and efficiencies around deliveries, infant visiting times, and even how long authorized parties remove an infant from the nursery.