Controversy over microchips on surgical instruments at Poznań Provincial Hospital
Poznań Provincial Hospital tagged 12,500 surgical instruments with UHF RFID, then found chips detaching during sterilisation and turning up in patients' wounds. Several hundred tags were damaged in nine months,…
UK/NI dementia-safeguarding NFC Find My Loved One Expands across multiple councils
Lichfield District Council has funded 2,000 NFC identification devices for residents living with dementia, the largest order yet in a scheme now running across at least eight UK police forces…
Hospital Albert Einstein saves R$1.5m a year on linen with RFID
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo has saved R$1.5 million a year on linen control alone, with 120,000 textile pieces individually tagged and 500 rooms inventoried by RFID reading…
Interview: Stefan Genser on NFC and the Future of Healthcare
The NFC Forum has launched a dedicated Healthcare Special Interest Group. In the first RFID News interview, its chair Stefan Genser talks tap-to-access care, the US$30.5 billion counterfeit medicine problem,…
SATO PJM RFID Powers Singapore’s National Blood Supply Management System
Singapore's Health Sciences Authority has taken its Next-Generation Blood Supply Management System live across every public and private hospital blood bank laboratory in the country. CADI Scientific won the tender,…
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
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: Leeds Teaching Hospitals – RFID for Cancer Sample Tracking
When a tissue biopsy goes missing in a pathology lab, the consequences extend far beyond inconvenience. For patients awaiting a cancer diagnosis, a lost sample can mean repeated procedures, delayed…
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
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…
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