NOTE: End date change to 9/30/2018 per B. Lewandowski/GRC (Ed., 3/3/2020)

NOTE: End date changed to 6/30/2017 per PI (Ed., 1/25/17)

NOTE: Gap changes per IRP Rev E /(Ed., 1/30/14)

NOTE: End date is now 09/30/2016 per HRP Master Task List dated 12/28/2012 (Ed., 3/14/2013)

The Medical Consumables Tracking (MCT) system will utilize an electronic identification system comprised of a reader/scanner/interrogator and a transponder. The system will address insufficient tracking of medication and medical consumables usage on the International Space Station (ISS). An electronic tag will be placed on each package. Periodically the system will be powered and contents within the Resource Supply Rack (RSR) storage locker will be inventoried. The information in the MCT database will be downlinked to the Health Management System (HMS) Inventory Tracking Tool (HITT), which contains medical inventory information to be accessed on the ground.

Results to date (Preliminary Design Review level) indicate that using an RFID tag (electronic tag) to read a highly dense population of medical items (including liquids, pharmaceuticals of a dielectric nature, and metal wrapped packaging) and achieve the minimum accuracy is feasible.

Specific aims:

1. Track medical consumables and medications accessed with an accuracy of 95% or better

2. No additional scheduled crew time to access a medication or medical consumable

3.Work in a microgravity environment

4.Work in space vehicles that have electronically noisy environments

5. Encrypted data transfer

6. To know how much of a particular medication is available

7. Read the electronic ID tagged items inside of Convenience Medications Pack

8. Have the ability to scale; to track small quantities or large quantities of medicines and medical consumables.

Significant Findings:

With the exception of an anomalous tag read and missing scan, all inventory (resultant tag file) downlinks were received as designed. In addition, all health and status data from the MCT system, controls (manual reads, door open sensor, etc.), communication links, and configuration file uploads operated and were received as designed. The MCT system successfully demonstrated the ability to perform an autonomous inventory of CheCS medical consumables.

Data File Content:

- The data files resulted from the automated inventories (every 720 hours) and the manually initiated inventories

- The data consists of the RFID tag information used to track medical consumables used on ISS

- When a new medical consumable was added to the CHeCS it contained an RFID tag

- Data collection included the date when the tag was first introduced into the CHeCS and the tag ID

- Also collected was when the tag was no longer in the CHeCS

- This information was collected in comma separated value (CSV) files.

NOTE: Gap changes per IRP Rev E (Ed., 1/30/14)

NOTE: End date is now 09/30/2016 per HRP Master Task List dated 12/28/2012 (Ed., 3/14/2013)

The Medical Consumables Tracking (MCT) system will utilize an electronic identification system comprised of a reader/scanner/interrogator and a transponder. The system will address insufficient tracking of medication and medical consumables usage on the ISS. An electronic tag will be placed on each package. Periodically the system will be powered and contents within the Resource Supply Rack (RSR) storage locker will be inventoried. The information in the MCT database will be downlinked to the Health Management System (HMS) Inventory Tracking Tool (HITT), which contains medical inventory information to be accessed on the ground.

Results to date (Preliminary Design Review level) indicate that using an RFID tag (electronic tag) to read a highly dense population of medical items (including liquids, pharmaceuticals of a dielectric nature, and metal wrapped packaging) and achieve the minimum accuracy is feasible.

Specific aims:

1. Track medical consumables and medications accessed with an accuracy of 95% or better

2. No additional scheduled crew time to access a medication or medical consumable

3. Work in a microgravity environment

4. Work in space vehicles that have electronically noisy environments

5. Encrypted data transfer

6. To know how much of a particular medication is available

7. Read the electronic ID tagged items inside of Convenience Medications Pack

8. Have the ability to scale; to track small quantities or large quantities of medicines and medical consumables.

The Medical Consumables Tracking system will utilize an electronic identification system comprised of a reader/scanner/interrogator and a transponder. The system will address insufficient tracking of medication and medical consumables usage on the International Space Station (ISS). An electronic tag will be placed on each package. Periodically the system will be powered and contents within the RSR storage locker will be inventoried. The information in the MCT database will be downlinked to the Health Management System (HMS) Inventory Tracking Tool (HITT), which contains medical inventory information to be accessed on the ground.

Results to date (Preliminary Design Review level) indicate that using an RFID tag (electronic tag) to read a highly dense population of medical items (including liquids, pharmaceuticals of a dielectric nature and metal wrapped packaging) and achieve the minimum accuracy is feasible.

Specific aims:

1. Track medical consumables and medications accessed with an accuracy of 95% or better

2. No additional scheduled crew time to access a medication or medical consumable

3.Work in a microgravity environment

4.Work in space vehicles that have electronically noisy environments

5. Encrypted data transfer

6. To know how much of a particular medication is available

7. Read the electronic ID tagged items inside of Convenience Medications Pack

8. Have the ability to scale; to track small quantities or large quantities of medicines and medical consumables

[Ed. Note: Added to Task Book in September 2012 when received information]