Reduction of Human Error SmartApps™

Customize your SmartDispenser^® with the Barcode Scanning – Assembly Fluid Verification SmartApp™

A large medical device manufacturer needed to minimize human error and provide documented verification that the correct assembly fluid was selected by its operators and used in production runs with its SmartDispenser^® fluid dispensing system.

Once installed, the Barcode Scanning – Assembly Fluid Verification SmartApp™ enables the SmartDispenser^® to verify correct choices and stop incorrect ones while documenting both events. This not only enables the medical device manufacturer to meet regulatory requirements, but it also helps it to greatly reduce human error, as well as the risk of manufacturing defects occurring if the wrong fluid is chosen.

How the Barcode Scanning – Assembly Fluid Verification SmartApp™ works —

• The operator scans the barcode on the syringe reservoir full of assembly fluid.
• The SmartDispenser^® finds the machine name and associated assembly fluid part numbers in the database.
• If the assembly fluid part numbers match, the operator is allowed to proceed with the production run.
• If the assembly fluid part numbers do not match, the SmartDispenser^® sends an alert stating “Wrong Assembly Fluid Selected,” which can only be cleared with the administrator’s password.

Automatically records device history every 24 hours

The Barcode Scanning – Assembly Fluid Verification SmartApp™ also automatically creates a device history record every 24 hours, providing manufacturers with excellent data for purposes such as quality assurance and cost accounting documentation, and operator performance reviews.

All this data is automatically recorded, collected and entered into an Excel CSV file, and can be automatically emailed from the SmartDispenser^® to the Production Manager on a daily basis as well.