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	NHS studies RFID operation By Dave Friedlos Jul 12, 2007 A London NHS trust is planning to use radio frequency identification (RFID) to track surgical instruments through the decontamination process and improve patient safety. Guy's and St Thomas'NHS Foundation Trust has begun procurement of a new system that tells staff if surgical equipment has been adequately sterilised. The application, believed to be among the first of its kind in the NHS, will also identify the surgical equipment used in individual patient operations. The current methods for tracking surgical instruments are outdated, says a spokesman for the trust. See the full-length article
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