AmbuTag & QR Codes

Hold your phone to it. You're there.

AmbuTag is AmbuNet's intelligent NFC asset identification system. Tap your phone against an AmbuTag and the right record opens instantly. No camera. No searching. No menus. Just tap — and QR codes remain fully supported everywhere, so every device and every label option still works.

Response bag 2 AMBUTAG TAPPED
07:41 Phone held to tag — record opened
Custody — A. Osei IN CUSTODY
Contents check due today DUE
Check started from this screen
AmbuTag

The fastest way from asset to record

Every AmbuTag is uniquely registered within AmbuNet, so a tap securely identifies exactly one asset — and takes you straight to it.

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Just tap

Hold your phone against an AmbuTag and the correct record opens within AmbuNet — mid-check, gloves on, in the back of a moving ambulance. No camera to aim, no list to search, no menu to navigate.

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Uniquely registered

Each tag is registered to one asset in your organisation's workspace, so identification is secure and unambiguous — the tap opens your record, in your system, for the thing in your hand.

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Built for operational kit

AmbuTags are ideal for the assets crews touch every day: vehicles, medicines bags, response bags, defibrillators, oxygen cylinders, equipment, drug cupboards and clinical stores.

Speed where it counts

Start-of-shift checks, bag audits and defect reporting all begin with identifying the asset. When that step takes a second instead of a search, the whole routine gets faster — and more likely to be done properly.

QR codes

QR codes — still fully supported

QR codes work throughout AmbuNet, exactly as they always have. Scan one with your phone's camera and the associated asset opens. They're particularly useful for:

  • Older devices without NFC — every camera phone can scan a QR code.
  • Temporary labels — print a label in seconds for kit that's just arrived.
  • Sharing links externally — a QR code works for anyone you show it to.
  • Disposable equipment — label consumables without committing a tag.
Suction unit — SU-014 QR SCANNED
08:02 Camera scan — record opened
Printable label generated
Maintenance due in 21 days UPCOMING
Defect raised from this screen
The best of both worlds

Tap and scan, side by side

AmbuNet supports both technologies simultaneously — a QR code and an AmbuTag can even sit on the same asset. Many organisations choose to combine them:

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AmbuTags for everyday operational assets

The kit that gets identified dozens of times a day — vehicles, drug bags, defibs, cylinders — earns the fastest possible experience: hold the phone to it and go.

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QR codes for everything else

Temporary equipment, printed documentation, disposables and compatibility with older devices — printable in seconds, readable by any camera.

How it works

Identified once — everything follows

Whether the asset was tapped or scanned, the experience from that point is identical. AmbuNet can instantly open:

  • Vehicle records and fleet inspections — straight into Fleet & Equipment checks and defect reporting.
  • Medicines bags — custody, seals and audits in Medicines Management.
  • Equipment and maintenance schedules — the asset register record, with expiries and history.
  • Make Ready checklists — load-list checks against the bag or vehicle in your hand.
  • Asset history, documentation and images — everything AmbuNet knows about the asset, on the spot.

It all runs through the AmbuNet mobile app your crews already carry — nothing extra to install, nothing new to learn.

AMB 2 — tapped at 06:58 OPEN
Start-of-shift check START
Raise a defect REPORT
Make Ready load list STOCKED
History, documents & images

The fastest tap in the service.

AmbuTags and QR codes both open the same records, the same checks and the same workflows — pick the mix that fits your fleet, or use both on the same asset.