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Future of RFID Tags Evaluated

rfidAccording to an article in the Cincinnati Business Courier today, the RFID tags tested at Cardinal Health’s warehouses in New York and Boston failed to meet the ‘reads-per-second’ rate that the manufacturer promised. The accuracy of the reads was in the 96% to 98% range.

The technology is being used to help combat counterfeit drugs by improving the tracking of drugs. Columbus, Ohio-based Cardinal Health is one of the nation’s largest prescription drug distributors. The company expects RFID systems to yield long-term benefits, but offered that technical problems in the early stages need to be fixed before the technology can be utilized in the drug industry.

The FDA wants the technology deployed in the drug supply chain by 2007.

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