Study finds RFID technology may interfere with medical devices
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
July 2, 2008
The Journal of the American Medical Association has published a study saying that the use of radio frequency identification (RFID), which is common in hospitals, may interfere with medical devices. The study says that electromagnetic interference may negatively affect medical devices. Researchers in Amsterdam tested medical devices 123 times. The results showed that RFID had an effect on medical devices 34 times. Of those 22 were classified as hazardous.
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