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The New Zealand RFID Pathfinder Group is a non-profit, membership based incorporated society. Our vision is for New Zealand to achieve superior economic and competitive performance through the adoption of RFID and EPC technologies. Our mission is to make the process of evolution (or revolution) faster and make the result optimal. We will work with industry and individuals to educate, research, pilot and implement RFID to provide valuable leanings for our members.

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After Fives Report available
A report and slides from the August After Fives are now available! Time to revisit Mark Roberti's interesting talk or catch up if you missed it.
Read the report here
 
Study: RFID technology to improve patient safety during anaesthesia
A recent study evaluates the EMI risk posed by low-power, handheld UHF RFID technology that is used as part of a research project at Auckland City Hospital (ACH) and the University of Auckland’s Advanced Clinical Skills Centre (ACSC) on improving patient safety during anaesthesia.10 RFID readers are placed at various locations around theatre, including close to infusion pumps, ventilators, and other electronic medical devices.
It was therefore considered prudent to replicate one of the serious device failures reported previous studies, in order to to evaluate the EMI risk posed by low-power RFID readers and whether further study was warranted.
Read the full article: "Interference with the operation of medical devices resulting from the use of radio frequency identification technology"; by Bryan Houliston, David Parry, Craig S Webster, Alan F Merry.

Read the full editorial of the New Zealand Medical Journal.
 
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