RFID chips used to track dead after Katrina

Disaster relief crews are adopting radio frequency tags to help them identify victims of Hurricane Katrina.

The U.S. Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) and health officials in Mississippi’s Harrison County are implanting human cadavers with RFID chips from VeriChip in an effort to speed up the process of identifying victims and providing information to families, VeriChip said Friday. In addition, the County Medical Examiner’s office in Lafayette County, Miss., said it will stock RFID chips and scanners for future disaster relief. Louisiana is also expected to begin using the system soon, which should help officials cope with the estimated 500 unidentified bodies in the state.

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