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DPT Tries a Dose of RFID The contract drug developer and manufacturer has been exploring both RFID and 2-D bar-code serialization, and is preparing an RFID pilot for one of its customers, dermatologic drug company Galderma.

Avery Dennison Debuts Extra-Durable High-Memory EPC Gen 2 Tag An oil refinery is using the company's new AD-902 tag to help it track personnel and assets during emergencies.

RFID Helps Promote Healthy Pregnancies In Dundee, Scotland, pregnant women blow into a device to verify they have not been smoking, then present an RFID card to record their success and receive a reward.

RFID-based System Tracked Victims of Hurricanes Gustav, Ike The state of Texas employed EPC Gen 2 tags, GPS and bar-coding to monitor the process of evacuating individuals—particular the elderly, sick or disabled—who lacked access to transportation during the storms.

UCSD Medical Center Expands Its RFID Deployment The teaching hospital estimates the technology has saved it $70,000 annually by merely enabling it to locate its IV pumps more quickly.

RFID Journal LIVE! Canada Rescheduled to 2009 EPCglobal Canada and RFID Journal have announced that the next RFID Journal LIVE! Canada event will be held in 2009.

At Mayo Clinic, RFID Slashes Error Rate A study showed that after the organization's endoscopy unit began using passive 13.56 MHz tags to identify specimen bottles, the rate of labeling errors dropped by 94 percent.

RFID Helps Turkish Gym-Goers Get Fit Exercise enthusiasts use passive 13.56 MHz RFID-enabled cards not only to gain entrance to their health clubs, purchase food and gear, and secure their lockers, but also to track workouts.

Anaheim Fire Department Deploys Multipronged RFID System Radio frequency identification will help the California organization monitor the location and status of not only firefighters, equipment and supplies, but also disaster victims.

AIM Global to Develop Protocols for Testing Effects of RFID Emissions in Health Care By early 2009, the auto-ID industry association hopes to publish a set of methodologies that can be used to determine the impact of tag and reader transmissions on medical devices, drugs, blood and human physiology.