Prince Court Medical Center adopts RFID to reduce risk of infant abduction and asset theft

RFID Journal, article (extract), February 16, 2011:

The hospital is tracking infants and their mothers, as well as assets, utilizing passive and active RFID tags, with the goal of reducing the risk of infant abduction and asset theft.

The Prince Court Medical Center (PCMC), located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is employing active RFID tags with a built-in infrared (IR) transmitter to protect infants within its facility, as well as a combination of passive and active tags to track equipment and other medical assets.

Source:
Swedberg C. Malaysia's Prince Court Medical Center adopts RFID. RFID Journal 2011 February 16.

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Prince Court Medical Center uses RFID tagging system to ensure correct mother-infant matching

New Sunday Times, news article (summary), January 2, 2011:

Prince Court Medical Centre (PCMC, Malaysia) is using a radio frequency tagging system to prevent infant abduction and baby mix-ups. The hospital’s business development and corporate affairs director, Dr. Junaidi Ismail, explained how the system works. Newborn babies and their mothers wear matching electronic tags. An alarm will be triggered if a nurse accidentally hands a baby over to a wrong mother or if a baby is taken out of the security or monitored zone. All system transactions, including admission and discharge, are password-controlled with time and date logged. The Health Minister, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, is pleased that PCMC has implemented the system and he wants to see how effective it is in the long run.

Source:
Cruez AF. Foolproof method to avert baby mix-ups. New Sunday Times (Malaysia) 2011 January 2: Main section: 4.

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