RFID Printers: Zebra Technologies Announces Becton Dickinson Joins Alliance ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... The Company has sold nearly four million printers, including RFID printer/encoders and wireless mobile solutions, and also offers software, connectivity ...

" ... Key components of the BD.id System include BD's proprietary software and management reports, handheld computers, and Zebra's QL 220 Bluetooth-enabled mobile wireless-compatible bar code printers. Designed for use in acute care facilities, the BD.id System reduces specimen collection and medical errors by using bar codes to verify and ensure that blood and other specimens are collected from the right patient, at the right time, into the right specimen containers -- and also to ensure that this information is linked back to the right patient, accurately and consistently. From a quality management perspective, the BD.id System using Zebra printers also provides essential tools for monitoring workflow and managing quality by capturing and storing collection events, including proper sequencing, and providing data to be analyzed for hospital accreditation by JCAHO and CAP ... "