Lumidigm announced that its multispectral imaging fingerprint sensors, as part of a solution supplied in partnership with Fulcrum Biometrics are helping to stop vaccine waste for the millions of Africans not yet vaccinated.
Lumidigm announced that its multispectral imaging fingerprint sensors, as part of a solution supplied in partnership with Fulcrum Biometrics (San Antonio, Texas), are helping to stop vaccine waste for the millions of Africans not yet vaccinated.
Without a proper and reliable means of identification, vaccine wastage rates are higher than 50 % in some of the most challenging geographies. VaxTrac is solving this problem with a biometric vaccination registry that is operated and managed in the field with low-cost mobile devices. Adult and child patients are identified in the registry with fingerprint sensors from Lumidigm. Returning patients can pull up their vaccination records with the touch of a finger allowing the healthcare worker to deliver appropriate care.
Multispectral imaging is a sophisticated technology specifically developed to overcome the fingerprint capture problems that conventional imaging systems have in less-than-ideal conditions. This more effective technology is based on the use of multiple spectrums of light and advanced optical techniques to extract unique fingerprint characteristics from both the surface and subsurface of the skin. That subsurface capability is important because the fingerprint ridges seen on the surface of the finger have their foundation beneath the surface of the skin, in the capillary beds and other sub-dermal structures.
Biometric authentication has reduced the waste of vaccine dramatically, helping so many more people get vaccinated. The biometric vaccine registry also enables real-time reporting for streamlined supply-chain management, further reducing waste.
The patient can be identified instantly and all their vaccination information available on the computer screen in an intuitive graphic interface. Workers know immediately what vaccines to administer and which doses are not needed and may be reserved for other citizens.