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Access Control in Hospitals with RFID and BLE Technologies

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XXVII Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering (CBEB 2020)

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The absence of systems that allow greater security in access control in healthcare environments is a serious problem faced by health institutions. This fact results in losses of both economical and operational nature, since the activities involved on provision of medical services performed by professionals are significantly impacted directly or indirectly. Therefore, it’s important to manage the access control of people and equipments in healthcare environments. For this to happen efficiently, systems that implement such management with redundant security routines appear as good alternatives. In this sense, this paper proposes a system that performs access control in healthcare environments, capable of managing the movement of people and equipments, allowing to know, at any time, an approximated indoor-location of each equipment or person. For this type of communication, several consolidated technologies are used, such as RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) and Beacons (Bluetooth). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the hardware and software modules, in addition to present a graphical interface, with connectivity options for remote management through IoT (Internet of Things) resources.

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    B. C. Bispo, E. L. Cavalcante, G. R. P. Esteves, M. B. C. Silva, G. J. Alves & M. A. B. Rodrigues

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil

    Teodiano Freire Bastos-Filho

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    Eliete Maria de Oliveira Caldeira

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    Anselmo Frizera-Neto

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Bispo, B.C., Cavalcante, E.L., Esteves, G.R.P., Silva, M.B.C., Alves, G.J., Rodrigues, M.A.B. (2022). Access Control in Hospitals with RFID and BLE Technologies. In: Bastos-Filho, T.F., de Oliveira Caldeira, E.M., Frizera-Neto, A. (eds) XXVII Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering. CBEB 2020. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 83. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70601-2_137

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