Fixed RAIN RFID tracking enables a broad range of applications within hospital environments. In this blog, we evaluated the performance of the A5060 and A5010 antennas in overhead configurations designed for patient and staff movement tracking.
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Times-7
August 26, 2025
As hospitals work to improve care delivery and operational performance, the ability to understand how patients and staff move through a facility has become a core requirement.
Understanding this will allow for staff and patient safety, better utilisation of resources, and is a scalable solution to many other healthcare challenges.
With little manual intervention, this “hands-free” tracking infrastructure supports a wide range of use cases and can improve care and coordination at every stage.
RFID tags are embedded in staff badges/ lanyards or patient wristbands and carry a unique ID and other relevant information.
Overhead antennas (i.e., A5060 or A5010) and other system components are installed discreetly above ceiling tiles in entrances, hallways, or restricted areas.
As individuals move through the coverage area, the antennas detect and read their tag information.
We conducted tests on the A5060 and A5010 antennas.
These antennas were mounted in a hallway overhead read point and a doorway overhead read point.
The following tags were used:
| Session | Session 0 |
| RF mode | 1003- Auto set static fast |
| Search mode | Dual target |
| EPC filter | 54455354 (ASCII for Test)- to single out "wanted" tags |
| Reader Sensitivity | -70 dBm |
The following tests were performed.
Doorway
