Timeless Medical Nutrition Platform (TMNP) uses barcode technology to verify patients, track milk and formula products, and support safe feeding workflows. Scanning helps ensure the right nutrition reaches the right patient while improving inventory accuracy, traceability, and efficiency throughout the feeding process.

The following resources provide information on Timeless Scanning functionality.

Getting Started and Core Navigation
  • Best practices for Handling Human Milk and Formula at the Bedside - (Handout) Understand best practices for the safe and accurate handling, storage, and administration of human milk and infant formula.
  • Dashboard - (Handout) Understand the TMNP dashboard and the purpose of its trackers and the ability to customize the dashboard to meet their individual preferences.
  • Help and Support - (Handout) Access and navigate the Help & Support page in TMNP to find guidance, resources, and assistance for using the system.
  • My Information - (Handout) Access and navigate the My Information page in TMNP to view and manage their personal account details.

Labeling , Recycling, and Inventory Intake
  • Print Collection Labels - (Handout) or (Video: 3 min) Steps for printing collection labels in TMNP to provide to guardians for labeling of EHM.
  • Reprint Labels - (Handout) or (Video: 3 min) Reprinting previously generated labels and understand the differences between container information labels, container barcode labels, and product barcode labels.
  • Reprint Recent Labels - (Handout) or (Video: 2 min) Identify and re-issue previous label jobs in reverse chronological order using date and time stamps.
  • Receive EHM - (Handout) or (Video: 5 min) Receiving expressed human milk (EHM) in TMNP, ensuring all required components—date and time pumped, volume, container state, and storage location—are accurately entered for successful inventory tracking.
  • Receive DHM (MCD Only) - (Handout) or (Video: 5 min) Receiving donor human milk (DHM) into TMNP.
  • Receive Products - (Handout) or (Video: 5 min) Receiving formula products in TMNP and enter expiration, lot, and packaging details.
  • Unpack Product Cartons and Cases - (Handout) Use TMNP to remove individual formula units from their original packaging so they can be managed and used separately in the system.

Storage, Tracking, and Inventory Management
  • Bags and Bins - (Handout) or (Video: 6 min) Create bags or bins in TMNP and use them to store a patient’s containers.
  • Move Containers - (Handout) or (Video: 2 min) Demonstrates how to move containers between storage locations in TMNP.
  • Bulk Move Patient's Containers - (Handout) Demonstrates how to use the Bulk Move Patient’s Containers function to transfer all of a patient’s containers from one storage location to another.
  • Find Patient Inventory - (Handout) or (Video: 4 min) Using the Find Patient Inventory function in TMNP to search for and locate containers. This includes both milk containers and ready-to-feed product containers associated with a patient.
  • Find Bags and Bins - (Handout) or (Video: 3 min) Using the Find Bags/Bins function in TMNP to search for and locate bags or bins, including all containers stored within them.
  • Find Products - (Handout) or (Video: 4 min) Use the Find Products function in TMNP to search for and locate products. Only products that have been received into TMNP will appear in the search results.

Feeding Preparation and Administration
  • Intro to Prepare - (Handout) or (Video: 8 min) Demonstrates the options and features within the Prepare function, including preparation methods (scanning containers, scanning recipe items, and selecting patient orders), functionality of the TMNP calculator, and fields for allocating, restoring, and documenting prepped volume.
  • Complex Feeding Schedules - (Handout) Understanding how to use the Manage Patient Feeding Orders and Prepare functions to accommodate complex feeding schedules.
  • Overfill and Adjusting Volume - (Handout) or (Video: 1 min) Demonstrates how to adjust volume and overfill in the Prepare function.
  • Feed Patient - (Handout) or (Video: 6 min) Demonstrates the steps for feeding a patient in TMNP, including validating the patient by scanning their barcode, and scanning the container before feeding the patient.
  • Quick Feed - (Handout) or (Video: 2 min) Using the Quick Feed function in TMNP to feed patients without receiving containers, ensuring expiration is manually checked at the time of feeding.
  • Dosing - (Handout) or (Video: 6 min) Demonstrates the steps for dosing in TMNP, including dosing from containers or products (ready-to-feed, powders, concentrates) into multiple containers for a patient. Users will also learn how to dose products or DHM without assigning them to a patient, and how to handle dosing of a guardian’s container not yet received into inventory.

Patient, Guardian, and Order Management
  • Manage Guardians - (Handout) or (Video: 5 min) Overview of the Manage Guardians feature in the Timeless Medical Nutrition Platform (TMNP). For instructions on how to add a new guardian, see the Add Guardians job aid.
  • SMS and Email Notification Service Diagram and Overview - (Handout) Informs guardians when they are low on maternal milk (EHM) inventory via SMS, email, or both. The service must be manually enabled for each guardian.
  • Add Guardians - (Handout) or (Video: 2 min) This option allows users to add guardians to the Timeless Medical Nutrition Platform (TMNP).
  • Manage Patients - (Handout) or (Video: 3 min) Edit the patient’s profile in the TMNP system to add feed consents, link patients, or update other information.
  • Add Patients - (Handout) or (Video: 2 min) Overview of the Manage Patient Feed Orders function in the Timeless Medical Nutrition Platform system (TMNP). This function allows users to add, edit, and delete feed orders from TMNP.
  • Linking & Unlinking Patients - (Handout) or (Video: 6 min) Demonstrates how to link and unlink patients to their guardians in TMNP.
  • Manage Patient Feeding Orders - (Handout) or (Video: 3 min) Overview of the Manage Patient Feed Orders function in the Timeless Medical Nutrition Platform system (TMNP). This function allows users to add, edit, and delete feed orders from TMNP.
  • Manage Order Templates - (Handout) or (Video: 3 min) Overview of setting up order templates in the Timeless Medical Nutrition Platform system (TMNP).

Disposition, Discharge and Container Lifecycle
  • Dispose Containers - (Handout) or (Video: 4 min) Disposing of individual containers from TMNP—including guardian’s milk, donor milk, fortified feed containers, and ready-to-feed formula—and demonstrate the Bulk Dispose function, which allows all of a patient’s containers to be removed from a specific storage location in a single action.
  • Dispose Bags and Bins - (Handout) or (Video: 2 min) Dispose of bags or bins—including all containers stored within them in TMNP.
  • Dispose Products - (Handout) or (Video: 3 min) Remove previously received products—such as powders, or concentrates from TMNP inventory. Individual ready-to-feed containers must instead be removed using the Dispose Containers function.
  • Discharge Containers - (Handout) or (Video: 2 min) Using the Discharge Containers function to remove a patient’s containers from the hospital’s inventory, such as when the patient is being discharged or transferred to another facility.
  • Discharge Bags and Bins - (Handout) or (Video: 2 min) Discharge a patient’s bags or bins from TMNP, removing all contained containers from the hospital’s inventory, such as when a patient is discharged or transferred.
  • Send Milk Home - (Handout) or (Video: 4 min) Demonstrate the steps for sending containers home with a patient, where they remain in the system in a “home storage” location. This includes re-receiving containers if they were sent home due to an excess of inventory. 

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