Wireless Patient Tracking Can Help Halt Contagion, Including Swine Flu
June 18th, 2009
RFID Wizards: By Dann Anthony Maurno, Louis Sirico, and Jill Abell, RFIDWizards.com Although it has quieted down in the U.S. media, on June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 in response to the ongoing global spread of the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus. A Phase 6 designation indicates that a global pandemic is underway. Seventy-six (76) countries are reporting cases of human infection with novel H1N1 flu. The U.S. alone has nearly 50% of the world-wide confirmed cases: 17,855. The flu is spreading faster and killing more people in the U.S. than any other country.
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