3M Track and Trace Solutions Solutions for Healthcare. Your Patients. Trusted Solutions

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1 3M Track and Trace Solutions Solutions for Healthcare Your Patients Trusted Solutions

2 Your trusted provider Your doctors trust 3M for Littmann stethoscopes. Your nurses trust 3M for Tegaderm products. Your administrators trust 3M for healthcare documentation, funding and performance management solutions. 3M is a proven leader in the healthcare industry, from wound management to medical data management. Our expertise, experience and unparalleled service let hospitals do what they do best: focus on patient care and safety. Enhancing the business of patient care 3M is at the forefront of developing systems designed to address accurate identification, location and management surrounding a range of high-value assets mobile medical equipment to specimens in the healthcare environment. Taking an enterprise-wide approach, 3M delivers solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing systems to optimize revenue, enhance patient safety and help improve your hospital s operations. Integrating technology isn t anything new for 3M. Major companies across industries, along with government agencies, use 3M Track and Trace Systems for the efficient and safe management of critical assets, inventory and records to secure assets and rapidly locate and retrieve vital information. Now, 3M has a portfolio unique to healthcare. Asset, Patient and Provider Tracking Specimen Management Surgical Instrumentation Tracking Records Management/File Tracking

3 At 3M, we re committed to uncovering customer needs. By taking the time to understand our clients, we deliver solutions that enable our customers to deliver premium healthcare. Lem Amen, Vice President, 3M Track and Trace Solutions Strength in our history Since 1972, 3M has been providing healthcare professionals and patients with innovative solutions that help make people s lives better. 3M Track and Trace Solutions builds upon this history by providing cutting-edge technology solutions to common healthcare issues. By associating vital patient data with specific high-value assets, hospitals can realize improved operational efficiencies, while delivering an enhanced quality of care and patient safety. Breadth of our solutions With strong experience in reliably tracking, protecting and managing assets and people, 3M Track and Trace Solutions blends more than 100 years of knowledge and ingenuity into our technology portfolio. This portfolio has grown over the last two decades to extend our market reach and to lead advancements in Automatic Identification (Auto ID) technologies. Today, 3M Track and Trace Solutions has numerous patents covering Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology as well as access to the following Auto ID protocols: Barcode, Low Frequency RFID, High Frequency RFID, Ultra High Frequency RFID, Active RFID, RTLS and GPS. In addition to Auto ID, we deliver the software applications, drivers and interfaces that allow customers to automate processes as part of their workflow, to generate a positive return on investment. Please visit our website at for more information. Secure Supply Chain Pharmaceutical Authentication High-Value Asset Inventory Management

4 For every challenge, 3M is there How can you do what s best for the patient, while maintaining the health of your hospital s operations and IT infrastructure? 3M addresses your financial and patient concerns, turning each into an opportunity for success. Future technology now Imagine a Global Positioning System (GPS) in your hospital. Locate mobile medical equipment, clinical files every patient immediately. What if you knew the location of every infusion pump in the hospital? What if you could track a tissue sample from the point of collection to the lab? Integrating 3M Track and Trace Systems keeps everything within reach and within sight. The path to better business Leveraging 3M s Six Sigma philosophy, lean thinking, the change acceptance process and workflow redesign, 3M is able to gain process visibility and drive continuous improvement, resulting in a return on investment. It s called Business Process Optimization, and it s how 3M delivers superior customer value. Seamless integration, ease of deployment Systems work when they make sense and are simple to deploy. 3M incorporates Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) that can operate over an enterprise s existing Wi-Fi network. Improved accuracy, increased safety Tissue and specimen samples are tracked from collection to lab and are linked directly to patient data records. This process enhances a hospital s ability to accurately manage these samples throughout the transport process. Service beyond the sale You can trust 3M to deliver innovative solutions beyond implementation, from hardware and software support, to complete, expert consultation services. Secure Supply Chain Pharmaceutical Authentication High-Value Asset Inventory Management

5 If it s related to healthcare management, it s tracked From assets to procedures to specimens to supplies associating patient data to high-value assets such as these is at the heart of 3M Track and Trace Systems. Tracking tissue samples and connecting data from collection to the pathology lab enhances a hospital s ability to manage specimens and aids physicians in delivering care to their patients. Knowing the location of your hospital s high-value assets helps ensure that the right patient is getting the right procedure, at the right time. Location of medical files and other valuable inventory aids in efficient and effective decisions and healthcare management. 3M Track and Trace Solutions offers enterprise-wide applications: Asset, Patient and Provider Tracking Specimen Management Surgical Instrumentation Tracking Records Management/File Tracking Secure Supply Chain Pharmaceutical Authentication High-Value Asset Inventory Management Address surprises related to counterfeit pharmaceuticals, expired medications or drug recalls when products are tracked and managed through the whole supply chain all the way to the point of administration to an individual patient. 3M Track and Trace Systems are designed to help increase efficiencies, enhance data communication and provide verification of information.

6 Creating value through innovation 3M Track and Trace Solutions offers a broad range of diverse applications across the healthcare industry and beyond. For more information on our integrated solutions, visit or call We look forward to working with you. About 3M A Global, Diversified Technology Company A recognized leader in research and development, 3M produces thousands of innovative products for dozens of diverse markets. 3M s core strength is applying its more than 40 distinct technology platforms often in combination to a wide array of customer needs. With $24 billion in sales, 3M employs 75,000 people worldwide and has operations in more than 60 countries. For more information, visit 3M Track and Trace Solutions 3M Center, Building 225-4N-14 St. Paul, MN Please recycle. Printed in the United States. 3M All rights reserved. 3M, Littmann and Tegaderm are trademarks of 3M Company

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