Medical safety may rise with technology
RFID helps prevent wrong-site surgery and other medical mishaps
By Marisa Torrieri
A patient needs a new knee. A nurse marks a big “X” on his right knee.
Think “X” marks the spot?
Sometimes surgeons don’t and they operate on the wrong knee. At best, wrong-site surgeries like these turn into a multi million-dollar lawsuit. At worst, they are fatal. Thanks to RFID technology, such scenarios are avoidable.
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