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RFID in medical settings: surgical instrument tracking, specimen and medication identification, sterile services and patient safety applications across hospitals and labs.

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Haier Biomedical Digital and RFID Blood Management Platform gains traction

Haier Biomedical Digital and RFID Blood Management Platform gains traction

Haier Biomedical has taken its blood management business to ISBT Congress 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, positioning what it calls a full-process digital blood management platform rather than a catalogue of…

Hospital Clinic Barcelona RFID System – 20 Months In

Hospital Clinic Barcelona RFID System – 20 Months In

When Hospital Clinic Barcelona began exploring RFID technology back in 2019, few could have predicted just how fundamentally it would reshape the way one of Spain’s most prestigious hospitals manages…

Bluesight and Pfizer to Provide Source-Tagged RFID Medications to Hospital Pharmacies

Bluesight and Pfizer to Provide Source-Tagged RFID Medications to Hospital Pharmacies

Bluesight has announced a strategic partnership with Pfizer Global Hospital & Biosimilars that will bring source-tagged RFID medications to hospital pharmacies across the United States. The collaboration integrates Pfizer’s SmartDose…

RAIN in Action Summit Madrid 2026

RAIN in Action Summit Madrid 2026

The RAIN Alliance has announced that its flagship RAIN in Action Summit will return this autumn, with Madrid, Spain playing host from 29 September to 1 October 2026. Building on…

Case Study: East Kent NHS – How RFID Found £150,000 in Hidden Equipment

Case Study: East Kent NHS – How RFID Found £150,000 in Hidden Equipment

When East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust began losing track of medical equipment across its sprawling network of sites, the consequences went beyond simple inconvenience. Clinical staff were spending…

UID Acquires AEG ID

UID Acquires AEG ID

Unified Information Devices, Inc. (UID) has completed its acquisition of AEG Identifikationssysteme GmbH (AEG ID), bringing together two established players in the industrial RFID space. The deal includes AEG ID’s…

GUARDIAN RFID Launches Medication Manager to Tackle Drug Administration Errors in Correctional Facilities

GUARDIAN RFID Launches Medication Manager to Tackle Drug Administration Errors in Correctional Facilities

GUARDIAN RFID has released Medication Manager for its Command Cloud platform, a new module that uses RFID-based identity verification to reduce medication administration errors in jails and prisons across the…

NFC Forum Launches Healthcare Special Interest Group

NFC Forum Launches Healthcare Special Interest Group

The NFC Forum has announced the launch of a new Healthcare Special Interest Group (SIG), a move designed to push Near Field Communication technology further into the medical and pharmaceutical…

Case Study: Plymouth NHS Trust – Tracking 60,000 Medical Assets

Case Study: Plymouth NHS Trust – Tracking 60,000 Medical Assets

Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital, one of the largest acute hospitals in the South West of England, has transformed its medical asset management through a large-scale RFID deployment. The project, built around…

RFID in the UK: Adoption Trends, Key Players, and Opportunities

RFID in the UK: Adoption Trends, Key Players, and Opportunities

The United Kingdom has emerged as one of Europe’s most dynamic RFID markets, with adoption accelerating across retail, healthcare, logistics, and the public sector. Valued at approximately USD 595 million…

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