RFID helps prevent wrong-site surgery and other medical mishaps

By Marisa Torrieri

A patient needs a new knee. A nurse marks a big “X” on his right knee.

Think “X” marks the spot?

Sometimes surgeons don’t and they operate on the wrong knee.
At best, wrong-site surgeries like these turn into a multi million-dollar lawsuit. At worst, they are fatal. Thanks to RFID technology, such scenarios are avoidable.