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Subject:   Cut Here

(from NewsScan Daily, 22 November 2004)

MAKE INCISION HERE: RFID TAG USED IN SURGERY
     The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved use of radio
frequency ID (RFID) tags to ensure that physicians perform the right
surgery on the right patient. Manufactured by SurgiChip Inc., the
radio tag is encoded with the patient's name and the site, type, and
date of the surgery; the patient helps stick the adhesive-backed tag
near the site of the surgery and workers in the hospital's operating
room scan the tag to compare that information with the patient's
chart. (AP/San Jose Merury News 19 Nov 2004)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10226986.htm>

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