Healthcare
Find mobile equipment across clinics and hospitals.
Wheelchairs, pumps, portable monitors and loan equipment drift between wards, clinics and patients’ homes. Tags show which building an item is in, which is often enough to end the search.
What to tag
- Wheelchairs and walkers
- Portable monitors and pumps
- Home-loan equipment
- Mobile clinic kit
- Laptops and tablets on carts
- Specimen and cold-chain boxes
How NovaTrack helps
Built around how healthcare works.
Which building or clinic
Zones around each site show where an item is at building level.
Home-loan tracking
Know which patient area loan equipment went to and when it came back.
No patient data
Tags carry no patient information. Only the equipment’s position is stored.
Asset register integration
API access for your clinical engineering or asset system.
How it works · 5 simple steps
From order to map in days, not weeks.
Your order
- AirTag (2nd generation) × 10
- Set up on your account
- Named and labelled per asset
- Delivered to your depot
Tags on your account
4 readyTrailer 12 arrived at Depot
Zone alert · emailed to dispatch
Always accounted for
Every tagged asset on one map, with history.
Better odds of recovery
A last known position the moment something goes missing.
No more search parties
Check the map instead of phoning round every site.
Focus on the work
Run the business, not a lost-and-found desk.
Mounting tips
Where to put the tag.
- Wheelchairs
- Under the seat in a holder that survives cleaning.
- Devices
- On the carry case or cart, not on the device where it could interfere with cleaning or certification.
- Infection control
- Use holders that can be wiped down with your standard disinfectant.
Good to know
AirTags give building-level location, not room-level. For room-level tracking inside one hospital, an indoor positioning system is the right tool.
Cost
No SIM, no data bundle, no charging.
Compare AirTags on NovaTrack with battery GPS trackers for the same number of assets.
Cost over time
The hardware and GPS numbers are examples. Put in the prices you have been quoted.
AirTags with NovaTrack
Tags, subscription and a yearly coin cell
Battery GPS trackers
Units and monthly fees
Difference
The honest answers.
Is it real-time?
No, and we will not pretend it is. A tag’s position updates when an Apple device passes close enough to hear it: every few minutes in busy areas, hours apart in quiet ones. NovaTrack fetches new reports every 15 minutes.
What happens when a thief has an iPhone?
Apple’s anti-stalking features can warn an iPhone user that an unknown AirTag is travelling with them, and a tag away from its owner for a while may beep. Hide tags well, use more than one on valuable items, and treat tracking as a recovery aid.
Does it work in remote areas?
Only where Apple devices pass. On a farm, a remote site or underground, updates can be very slow or stop. Tags are strongest where people are: towns, roads, sites and depots.
What about metal?
Solid metal all round blocks Bluetooth. Mount tags behind plastic, near a gap or a vent, or on the outside in a rugged holder.
How long does the battery last?
About a year on a standard CR2032 coin cell. NovaTrack shows battery status so you know which tags to service.
Related
Start tracking your healthcare this week.
14 days free for up to 2 tags. Then R99 per tag per month. No contract.