Hidden Hospital Hazards

‘Touch-to-know’ capability has become a ubiquitous part of our lives. From searching for the nearest petrol station, or finding the best route to take for a meeting, you probably touch your smart phone before acting on your impulse. Yet this capability hasn’t reached hospitals to assist clinicians perform critical tasks more easily. Tracking and tracing the thousands of medical items used for patient care is humanly impossible without touch-to-know capability. If used in hospitals it has the pow