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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Categories: Asset Tracking, Healthcare, News Tags:900 MHz, Infrared, RFID, RTLS