The 2,200-bed facility expects to improve patient safety by using AeroScout Wi-Fi-based tags to determine when pharmaceutical refrigerators are left open too long, or are operating improperly.
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Royal Freight Expects Trailer-Tracking System to Yield Greater Security
The shipping company is managing its fleet with new solar-powered units containing door and cargo sensors, to detect if a theft occurs en route.
RFID Journal Introduces New Online Community Site
The company has relaunched RFID Connect, its free community Web site for end users, potential end users, consultants, academics and vendors interested in radio frequency identification.
The Age of RFID Pilots Is Over—Deployments Crank Up
Major companies are adopting radio frequency identification companywide, and are making the technology part of the way they do business.
3M Launches Asset and Inventory Tracking System
The solution includes 13.56 MHz passive RFID tags, handheld and pad readers, and a hosted software application in which asset data can be stored online.
RFID Produces Ripe Rewards for Tasmanian Apricot Grower
Qew Orchards, the Southern Hemisphere’s largest apricot producer, is using EPC Gen 2 RFID to track increases in efficiency, as well as properly compensate its fruit pickers.
San Jose Medical Center Installs ZigBee-based RTLS Across 10 Buildings
The Kaiser Permanente facility is tracking assets for preventative maintenance or clinicians’ use, as well as for monitoring temperatures of cooling and warming devices.
Electric Company Gases Up on RFID
Horizon Utilities is using a low-frequency RFID system to monitor and authorize usage at its two Ontario fueling stations.
Finalists Unveiled for the Fourth Annual RFID Journal Awards
The winners for the 2010 RFID Journal Awards, including Best RFID Implementation, Most Innovative Use of RFID, Best Use of RFID in a Product or Service, Best in Show and Special Achievement, will be revealed at LIVE!
RFID News Roundup
Tagsys secures $12 million in venture funding; Albis Technologies adds ruggedized tags, ATEX EX certification and a handheld reader; CSL intros new module for RFID handheld that adds GPRS/GPS; Gerry Weber picks Nordic ID as handheld RFID supplier; Balluff intros tech services for RFID, networking and sensor projects; Venezuelan Marriott employs RFID-enabled locking system.
Retirement Community Gains Insight From RTLS
Technology from Intelligent InSites and CenTrak allows Rockhill Mennonite to know the locations of its residents and employees in real time, enabling faster responses to calls for assistance, as well as documentation of patients’ activities and care.
Royal Food Import Expects E-Seals Will Save It a King’s Ransom
The food importer will soon begin using Savi Networks cargo container seals to track the location and temperature of products being transported from factories overseas to stores in the United States.