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Tracking Temperatures From the Inside Out Organizers of the Netherlands' Four Day Marches are using RFID-enabled sensor pills to monitor the risk of heat sickness, with help from a firm that is developing an application for analyzing athletes' temperature and location in real time.

Premier Tells Medical Device Makers to Adopt GS1 Supply Chain Standards The hospital purchasing alliance wants medical devices to be tracked by Global Trade Item Number and Global Location Number, which could make it easier for the health-care sector to implement RFID technology.

Stanley Bolsters RFID Portfolio With VeriChip's Ex-Subsidiary The manufacturer of tools and security systems has completed its acquisition of Xmark, a provider of RFID-enabled patient-tracking systems for the health-care market.

At Former Landfill, RFID Monitors Workers and Waste As contaminated soil and hazardous refuse are removed from the site, a location-tracking system ensures that workers can be rapidly evacuated during emergencies, and that containers of waste are properly routed.

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.