<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper describes real-time locating technology and its possible use in health care. Real time locating may be applied in different segments of everyday life, including hospitals (medical equipment and devices, locating patients, and alarm in case of emergency), working environment (locating persons to control access to restricted areas or in case of fire to see if anyone has been trapped inside the building), sports, logistics, retail trade, and offices. Tagged hospital equipment is easy to trace inside hospital premises and the system makes it possible to track patients and staff, and to redistribute work in particular wards.</p></abstract>

This paper describes real-time locating technology and its possible use in health care. Real time locating may be applied in different segments of everyday life, including hospitals (medical equipment and devices, locating patients, and alarm in case of emergency), working environment (locating persons to control access to restricted areas or in case of fire to see if anyone has been trapped inside the building), sports, logistics, retail trade, and offices. Tagged hospital equipment is easy to trace inside hospital premises and the system makes it possible to track patients and staff, and to redistribute work in particular wards.

Application of Real-Time Locating in Health Care

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

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This paper describes real-time locating technology and its possible use in health care. Real time locating may be applied in different segments of everyday...

Application of Real-Time Locating in Health Care

Published Online: Jan 07, 2010

Page range: 503 - 508

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1978

Keywords
bežične mreže, inteligentni sustavi, lociranje pacijenata, mobilni identifikator, određivanje lokacije, radio-frekvencijska identifikacijska tehnologija, sustav globalnog pozicioniranja

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Application of Real-Time Locating in Health Care

Published Online: Jan 07, 2010

Page range: 503 - 508

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1978

Keywordsbežične mreže, inteligentni sustavi, lociranje pacijenata, mobilni identifikator, određivanje lokacije, radio-frekvencijska identifikacijska tehnologija, sustav globalnog pozicioniranja

This content is open access.

Keywords
bežične mreže, inteligentni sustavi, lociranje pacijenata, mobilni identifikator, određivanje lokacije, radio-frekvencijska identifikacijska tehnologija, sustav globalnog pozicioniranja