Proventix Systems announced its RFID-enabled hand-hygiene quality and compliance monitoring system has now recorded more than 4 million total hand cleansings. Proventix’s nGage monitoring system monitors hand hygiene compliance at the academic medical center, 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week and does so through the use of RFID badges worn by caregivers. Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. […]

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Maryland has implemented an RFID tracking solution from FileTrail, an automated system which will be used to track cadavers and office case files. The 7-story building will be equipped with RFID sensors place above the drop-ceiling at designated locations throughout. This will automate case file tracking, allowing […]

The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service have deployed HID Global RFID technology as an element of Relegen’s asset intelligence solution – assetDNA – as part of its national arms inventory management system. The joint solution will aid the Australian Government attain real-time tracking of its armory, which consists of managing approximately 6,000 weapons and […]

AeroScout announced that COTEMAR, S.A. de C.V., is using AeroScout’s real-time location system (RTLS) to enhance worker safety on its four offshore housing platforms. The AeroScout Worker Safety solution used by COTEMAR includes AeroScout MobileView software and Wi-Fi RFID tags attached to a lanyard that must be worn by every staff member, guest and visitor […]

HID Global introduced the latest addition to its portfolio of advanced, general-purpose ultra-high frequency (UHF) transponders, the SlimFlex tag. This new tag design enables more placement options for broadband UHF transponders, expanding the potential with tags to improve data collection speed and accuracy for new applications. SlimFlex tags are compliant with EPC global-certified UHF Class […]

Charlie Walton, one of the founding fathers of RFID, has passed away at the age of 89, according to Venture Beat. Walton lived in Los Gatos, Calif. with his wife Ann Walton. Walton grew up as a ham radio enthusiast. He was raised in Maryland and New York and studied electrical engineering at Cornell University. […]

The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) has begun using RFID technology to identify and collect data on all cattle that come into Agribition. According to Leader-Post, a total of 1,800 cattle in Agribition were each issued a radio frequency distribution ear tag chip. The RFID tag links unique animal data such as age, weight and […]