The University of California, San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center is employing EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to track the amount of time that each patient awaits radiation treatment, and to verify that the correct equipment is being employed. The facility treats approximately 100 patients daily, using one internal and four external radiation machines. In addition to requiring efficiency, the facility must also ensure that the proper equipment is utilized with each patient, in order to properly immobilize the correct body part prior to radiation. A system was installed that allows the center to track the locations of tagged individuals and equipment throughout the clinic’s two buildings.
Speaker:
Todd Pawlicki, Director, Division of Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Diego