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External RFID Chip Prevents Surgical Mistakes

  • November 22, 2004

In just another case of far too many unnecessary surgeries creating needless problems that conventional medicine can't so easily explain away, late last week the FDA approved an external surgical marker tag, utlizing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, in hopes of minimizing the risks of surgical errors. Meaning the wrong site, procedure or patient. The device, made by a Florida company, consists of the tag, which is a "smart" label with an integrated passive transponder,...