RFID News

News and knowledge for the RFID industry

RFID in Medical and Healthcare

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

  • Home
  • RFID in Medical and Healthcare
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…

Why RFID Adoption is Accelerating in 2026

Why RFID Adoption is Accelerating in 2026

The RFID industry has reached a turning point. After years of steady progress, 2026 is shaping up as the year when adoption shifts from cautious experimentation to confident, large-scale deployment.…

RZX RFID Laundry Tags gain OEKO-TEX® Certification

RZX RFID Laundry Tags gain OEKO-TEX® Certification

RZX has secured OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certification for its RFID laundry tags, marking a significant step forward for textile safety in the RFID industry. The certification confirms that the tags…

NFC Forum Launches Healthcare Special Interest Group

NFC Forum Launches Healthcare Special Interest Group

The NFC Forum has established a new Healthcare Special Interest Group (SIG) to drive the adoption of NFC technology across the medical and pharmaceutical sectors, with a focus on standardization,…

How NHS Trusts Use RFID to Find Equipment in Minutes, Not Hours

How NHS Trusts Use RFID to Find Equipment in Minutes, Not Hours

Across the NHS, clinical staff spend a surprising amount of time searching for essential equipment. Infusion pumps, wheelchairs, patient monitors and portable ventilators go missing between wards, storage rooms and…

What is HF RFID? The 13.56 MHz Sweet Spot

What is HF RFID? The 13.56 MHz Sweet Spot

High Frequency (HF) RFID operates at 13.56 MHz, a globally licence-free band that has become the backbone of billions of contactless transactions every day. Sitting between the short reach of…

Newsletter

Never miss a story in this category

One email every Thursday: implementations, hardware and tag launches, and analysis. Free, and you can leave whenever you like.

We send one digest a week and nothing else. Unsubscribe in one click. See our privacy policy.