Released on: November 9, 2007, 7:16 am

Press Release Author: Ship2Save

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Press Release Summary: Dutch Hospital uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to
track Infusion Pumps

Press Release Body: Hilversum, Netherlands - Nov 9th 2007

Tergooi hospital, a 330 000 sq-ft medical center in northern Holland, has adopted a
Wi-Fi based tracking infrastructure that is assisting them in locating infusion
pumps. Installed and integrated by Ship2Save, an RFID solution provider, in
collaboration with École Polytechnique, a Montreal based University; the system uses
Aeroscout asset tags to monitor movement and usage of intravenous pumps across
various locations in the hospital.

John Brakenhoff, Manager of the Technical Department at Tergooi Hospital, sees a
considerable value in medical equipment tracking at the hospital. Mr. Brakenhoff
says that: \" Medical equipment such as infusion pumps, ECG (Electro Cardiogram)
machines, and hospital beds, have to be efficiently allocated to departments so that
patients can receive proper and prompt care. As medical personnel receive an influx
of patients they need to have immediate access to these items. The asset tracking
system we've installed provides staff with the ability to dynamically locate assets
that are not in use.\"

Tags that are attached to the infusion pumps transmit information to wireless access
points throughout the hospital, this information is then forwarded to a location
engine platform for analysis. The calculated location is then plotted to a graphical
interface that nurses and hospital management use to find available pumps on the
hospital floor plan. \"Asset tracking using the 802.11 [wireless] platform allows
organizations to enable asset visibility on their existing telecommunication
networks. In the hospital setting, wireless networks are a commonly used to provide
mobility to doctors and nurses using laptops, personal digital assistances, or
otherwise. Now this same infrastructure can be used to provide wireless smart asset
management.\" adds Sam Falsafi, Director of Business Integration and RFID Strategy at
Ship2Save. With wireless technologies such as RFID becoming more prevalent across
the world today, mobile computing devices are uniting enterprise communication and
enabling a level of inter-organization interaction unseen before.

Peter Wijntjes, Chairman of Facility Management Netherlands, an non-for-profit
organization that drives process and technology adoption of maintenance and support
activities for Dutch companies sees this technology as \"Enabling dynamic management
of organizational processes\". Working in cooperation with Linda Castro, PhD
candidate at the Ecole Polytechnique, the two are studying this deployment to
understand how intelligent products can help organizations to develop more efficient
asset management activities. Their work will prove to be a important stepping stone
for driving understanding of next-generation asset management systems in the
workplace . The Tergooi deployment is seen as a \"Exemplary example of a
multi-organizational effort in deploying a smart asset tracking system within the
Healthcare Industry, that will serve as a catalyst for future adoptions across North
America and Europe\", by Konrad Konarski, Director of Alliances at Ship2Save.

About Ship2Save
Ship2Save is one of the industry leaders in cost effective RFID Solutions and is a
founding member of the Canadian Microsoft RFID Council, a member of the Microsoft
Global RFID Council, an EPCGlobal Canada Strategic Council Member, a CompTIA RFID+T
Cornerstone Committee Member, and a member of Texas Instruments Tag-ItT Team.
Ship2Save\'s unique product lines, flexible and proficient software, business
development models, and distinctive deployment services, offer customers cost
effective and high quality solutions for their logistic needs. For more information,
visit www.ship2save.com.


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