RFID prescribed for pharmacies
29 August 2012
The use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology received a boost this month when work began on a system to improve drug safety.
The move to prevent pharmacists dispensing counterfeit or withdrawn medicines follows a three-month trial in which staff at 50 UK pharmacies said the RFID tags on medicine cartons were more effective than existing systems.
In many cases, the technology alerted them to products that were unfit for sale.
According to Ian Rhodes, chief executive of Aegate, a...