Cornwall and Isles of Scilly pathology cuts single-use plastic with Indexor RFID iRack sample transport

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Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented Abbott's Indexor system, utilizing reusable iRacks equipped with RFID tags to manage specimen barcodes and test requests across multiple GP surgeries. This transition suggests that substituting traditional single-use plastic specimen bags with RFID-enabled reusable containers can significantly reduce the volume of medical waste sent to incineration within pathology transport networks.

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