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VeriChip announced it has sold its VeriTrace system including 1,000 human-implantable RFID tags to Prince Calvert Hospital in Frederick, Maryland for emergency management operations.
The chips will be implanted in victims of disasters or other mass casualty events to help emergency personnel track and manage patient workflows.
The VeriTrace system was created in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina where it was used by the Federal Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team to help identify, track and account for the remains of victims from the hurricane. Marc Poulshock, Vice President of VeriChip’s Implantable and Emergency Management divisions, said, “This latest order, by Calvert Memorial Hospital, demonstrates the importance that both medical and emergency management personnel place on the VeriTrace system and disaster preparedness. We will continue our outreach with federal, state and local groups to stress the benefits of the VeriTrace system and the need to be prepared for potential natural catastrophes, large-scale accidents or acts of terrorism.” VeriTrace is designed to assist in the management of emergency situations and disaster recovery using implantable RFID technology. The VeriTrace system includes a unique implantable RFID microchip, a VeriTrace Bluetooth(TM) handheld reader, a customized Ricoh 500SE Digital Camera capable of receiving both RFID scanned data and GPS data wirelessly, and a Web-enabled database for gathering and storing information and images captured during emergency response operations. This database ensures the precise collection, storage and inventory of all data and images related to remains and the associated evidentiary items. This also allows the recreation of an accurate and complete reconstruction of a disaster setting, crime scene or similar setting where recreation is necessary. About VeriChip Corporation VeriChip Corporation, headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, has developed the VeriMed™ Health Link System for rapidly and accurately identifying people who arrive in an emergency room and are unable to communicate. This system uses the first human-implantable passive RFID microchip, cleared for medical use in October 2004 by the United States Food and Drug Administration. To complement its healthcare division, VeriChip Corporation established VeriGreen Energy Corporation in March 2009 to focus and invest in the clean and alternative energy sector.
