How often are babies actually switched at hospitals? While there are no firm statistics on the numbers of babies accidentally switched at hospitals, past statistics indicate that it could happen as rarely as one in every 1,000 transfers. With modern identification processes, the numbers may be lower today, but mix-ups

It’s a parent’s worst fear. A newborn baby is in the hospital and someone dressed as a nurse or hospital worker enters the mother’s room and abducts her newborn infant. Infant abduction is essentially the kidnapping of a baby by a non-family member and it’s the stuff of nightmares for

Assaults on nurses in the workplace are nothing new, and there isn’t a nurse or care worker alive who hasn’t experienced some sort of physical violence or abuse from patients in their place of work. For staff in healthcare facilities, the threat of violence and injury is pervasive – 76

Providing a safe and secure environment to newborn babies and mothers is a crucial function at any hospital. The dominant non-medical threats to a new born baby are abduction and mismatch. Both these reasons cause emotional pain and anguish to affected families. In many cases, it can have life changing

Achieve higher level of staff and patient safety with wireless safety Healthcare ranked in the top ten industries in which employees face violence and suffer injuries, including fatalities. Violence in the healthcare workplace is pervasive and has been thoroughly documented. To cite a few studies on the impact to healthcare

A system to prevent wandering must be put in place to reduce the tragic loss of life. 21st Century has a unique problem – prolonged human life expectancy. Globally, population aged 60 or over is growing faster than any other age group. The number of older persons — those aged

A prominent visionary once stated, ‘necessity is the mother of invention’. Perhaps this adage can be applied to how RFID technology came into being as well. During World War II, there was a need to identify aircraft to differentiate whether it was friendly or not, which led to the development

As per a UN report – World Population Aging 2013: The global share of older people (aged 60 years or over) increased from 9.2 % in 1990 to 11.7 % in 2013 and will continue to grow as a proportion of the world population, reaching 21.1 % by 2050. Globally,

We provided location services to the Interoperability Showcase Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Las Vegas/Vancouver: For the third year in a row, HID played a dual role at the recent HIMSS 2016 Interoperability Showcase at the Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas. We provided location services to the Interoperability Showcase, demonstrating our

Infant protection isn’t child’s play; it is serious business and Active RFID solutions can certainly help Children, especially infants are one of the most vulnerable segments of our society. Every ‘grown up’ issue effects the children directly or indirectly. Child abduction is one the top fall-outs of ‘grown up’ issues,