Only a few years ago, Wal-Mart was pushing RFID on its suppliers as a way to track merchandise from source to distribution center to stock room to selling floor. Today, new-generation RFID tags are helping Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and others trigger restocking efforts and coordinate displays with timing of advertising flights. RFID is even being used to track surgical sponges in hospital operating rooms to ensure that patients don't go home with extras sewn inside.
To find out more about RFID and its latest uses in retailing and beyond, I periodically click over to RFID Journal. That's where I learned that RFID technology is helping track King Tut's treasures as they trek around the museum world in various exhibitions. Interesting vision of high-tech helping King Tut.
Yes, it's quite amazing how wide the applications of RFID are from treasure tracking to opening your car door with the touch of your keyring.
ReplyDeleteLike you said, in health care it's being used to track surgical sponges, but beyond that it is becoming very popular in hospitals for asset tracking, patient and staff tracking, medication/lab & sample tracking, HAI prevention and workflow optimization.
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Thanks for commenting. I appreciate all the extra info.
ReplyDeleteAs you said, health is used to track surgical sponges, but beyond that, it has become very popular in hospitals for asset tracking, monitoring patients and personnel, drugs / laboratory sample tracking the prevention of nosocomial infections and optimizing the workflow.
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