Applying RFID Technology To Improve Hospital Logistics

The complexity of logistics issues may impose challenges to a hospital’s functioning. Inventory is usually time-consuming because of checking one-to-one items. This paper proposes and tests a UHF RFID application for realizing a fast inventory of high-value items in a hospital, such as catheters, stents, and pacemakers, showing its potential for cost reductions in accomplishing a hospital’s inventory.