PR Newswire: TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Versus Technology, Inc. ("Versus" or the "Company") announced revenues of $1,155,000 for its third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2009, a 1.8% decrease compared to revenues of $1,176,000 for the same quarter of the prior year. Revenues for the nine months ended July 31, 2009, were $3,905,000, compared to $4,026,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 2008, a 3.0% decrease. Versus' quarterly revenues can vary significantly depending on the timing and delivery of major customer projects. Accordingly, revenues reported in any one quarter are not necessarily indicative of what full-year results will be.
Gross profits as a percentage of revenues were 69.4% for the current year's third quarter compared to 71.1% for the same quarter of the prior year. Operating expenses, other than cost of revenues, decreased 9.8% for the current year's third quarter compared to the same quarter of the prior year.
Versus reported a net loss of $360,000 for the current year's third quarter compared to a net loss of $448,000 for the same quarter of the prior year. The Company rephttp://www.thertlsblog.com/market-research/submit-newsorted a net loss of $731,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 2009, compared to a net loss of $825,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 2008.

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Healthcare IT News: MIAMI – The University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital (UM-JMH) Center for Patient Safety has deployed a hand washing compliance program with the use of real-time locating solutions.
The RTLS technology will be supplied by two Michigan-based providers: Dynamic Computer Corp., and Versus Technology. The hand hygiene compliance pilot will employ the use of infared-radio frequency technology that will be implemented as a standalone system, or as an integrated part of a network wide RTLS system.
“Americans don’t expect to get additional infections when they go into the hospital," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, said earlier this month. "Stopping health care associated infections and improving the quality of care is one of our top priorities."
With the implementation of the RTLS technology the University of Miami looks to reduce the percentage of bacteria-related infection that patients and physicians contract from not washing with bacteria-killing soap.
The solution uses small IR-RF sensors in the medical center’s soap dispensers that identify staff ID badges as well as monitor when and where physicians and other staff wash their hands. Medical center employees then hear a confirmation sound after the sensors successfully captures the identity of the person and the time and location of the hand-washing event.

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RFID Journal: The 4.1-million-square-foot hospital is deploying hybrid infrared-RFID technology to monitor vaccine temperatures, while future plans include tracking assets, patients, employees and hand hygiene.

By Claire Swedberg July 21, 2009—Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC) has begun an ambitious wireless deployment that will ultimately include tracking patients, staff members and assets throughout its 4.1-million-square-foot facility, but is initially focused on tracking temperatures within its 300 refrigerators and freezers. The size of the medical center makes this the largest health-care tracking deployment, according to technology vendors implementing the system. Patient Care Technology Systems (PCTS) is implementing its Amelior Tracker software application in conjunction with the InTouchCare real-time locating system (RTLS) from Newton, Pa., health-care tracking technologies company CenTrak. The InTouchCare system employs infrared transmitters and sensors to determine the room-level location of its 900 MHz RFID tags.

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PR WEB: Vestac LLC of Brick, New Jersey announced today the general availability of the industry's first FCC approved, multi-modal Wi-Fi and Infrared (IR) Real Time Locationing System (RTLS). This unique, patent-pending RFID capability combines high accuracy Wi-Fi positioning algorithms and IR's inherent lower cost "choke point" tracking.

Brick, NJ (PRWEB) June 25, 2009 -- Vestac LLC of Brick, New Jersey announced today the general availability of the industry's first FCC approved, multi-modal Wi-Fi and Infrared (IR) Real Time Locationing System (RTLS). This unique, patent-pending RFID capability combines high accuracy Wi-Fi positioning algorithms and IR's inherent lower cost "choke point" tracking. Coupled with long battery life Vestac provides for a flexible, easy to deploy positioning solution for the lowest total cost of ownership. The system has already received advance orders from several large enterprises for tracking people, inventory, and equipment.

The 220Bi tag and 330Xi battery-operated IR transmitter support simultaneous tracking through Wi-Fi and IR, and overcoming the limits of traditional RFID tags. This allows for a low-cost deployment and delivers a high level of accuracy even in areas with relatively sparse Wi-Fi coverage. The 220Bi tags can be worn by personnel or affixed to assets and are available in several form factors, which can be customized to specific requirements. The 220Bi and the 330Xi transmitter form a unique "Deploy and Go" architecture which requires no additional network modifications or expensive wiring.

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