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Utah Valley Regional Medical Center to Run Pilot With IR-RFID Tags As the hospital tests the system's ability to track patients, staff and assets, it also plans to check for any potential electromagnetic interference that may disrupt medical equipment.

Australian Sheep Farmers Explore RFID's Benefits Six sites in the state of Victoria are working with the Department of Primary Industries to demonstrate the economic benefits of using RFID tags to identify individual animals.

EV3 Uses RFID to Streamline Inventory The medical device maker has realized important business benefits by employing RFID to track its stock of stents and other products used for treating vascular diseases.

GS1 Canada Revamps RFID Policy Forum The updated forum will work to encourage discussion about all aspects of RFID-based electronic business processes, as well as provide the public with facts and research.

New RFID Study Finds No Interference With Medical Devices Researchers at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis and systems integrator BlueBean found no incidents of electromagnetic interference from passive UHF RFID systems.

Drug Pedigree Mandate Could Be Expensive According to a new study, complying with legislation proposed by two U.S. Congressmen could cost as much as $110,000 per pharmacy—and more than a billion dollars for a large chain.

Checkpoint Systems Deems OAT Acquisition Strategic President Per Levin says the recently completed purchase of a leading RFID software company enables Checkpoint to help retailers "scale up their RFID operations."

Researchers Warn RFID May Disrupt Medical Equipment Experts not involved with the study note that there have been no reports of injuries caused by electromagnetic interference with medical devices, though they do recommend further study.

Cephalon Moves Ahead With Its RFID E-pedigree Plans In the latest phase of its RFID deployment, the drugmaker is serializing cardboard shipping containers by means of EPC Gen 2 tags.

Covidien to Pilot Its RFID-enabled System This Summer Using passive high-frequency tags, the company's contrast media delivery system for CT scans will alert radiology technicians if they inadvertently try to administer an expired or previously used syringe.