SARATOGA, California, May 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- U.K. Hospital Streamlines Workflow and Improves Availability of IV
Pumps

Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems
(RTLS), today announced that Siemens, one of the world's largest suppliers to
the healthcare industry, and Airedale NHS Trust in West Yorkshire, England,
are deploying a pioneering real time location system (RTLS) based on Ekahau
technology, which is designed to streamline the workflow and improve
availability of intravenous (IV) pumps throughout the hospital.

Airedale HNS Trust will use the RTLS solution to track IV pumps across
various buildings on the hospital campus using the hospital's existing Wi-Fi
network infrastructure and ID tags attached to each pump. The goal of the
RTLS solution is to optimize use of medical devices within the hospital and
identify future applications for tracking and tracing technology. At any
given moment the IV pumps can be tracked to within approximately 3 meters,
which will save the resources required to manually locate the devices. The
RTLS system also will streamline stock control, ensuring that pumps are
available when needed and minimizing the time taken to allocate a pump to a
patient.

"Airedale NHS Trust is leveraging its wireless network to generate
operational benefits resulting from location services," said Rebecca Malin,
IT project manager at Airedale NHS Trust. "Our use of RTLS will enable us to
more efficiently use medical equipment and thus support our application of
the LEAN process management methodology."

Siemens Healthcare is leading the project, which includes the provision
of workflow consultancy working in partnership with the Trust's IT Department
and LEAN Teams. The foundation of the solution is RTLS software from Ekahau
Inc. Also being used are Wi-Fi tags from Ekahau that work as any other
standard Wi-Fi network-connected device, requiring no special configuration
or additional readers. Systems integrator Qolcom, will be installing the
Siemens Healthcare WLAN network in the hospital and using Ekahau Site Survey
tool to simply and easily ensure network signal strength for location
tracking applications throughout the facility.

"RFID is an exciting technology that can be used in many ways to help
Airedale NHS Trust deliver rapid and high standard of care to patients," said
Dorothy Michel, head of Strategic Development for Healthcare at Siemens.
"Redesigning workflow also will help shape the entire healthcare organization
into leaner process management. By working in partnership with the hospital's
IT team we can also discover a wider array of opportunities for other uses of
RTLS within the hospital environment."

"Being able to track highly portable items, such as IV pumps, will
greatly improve workflow and productivity," said Barry Read, Business
Development Manager at Ekahau, "Our Wi-Fi tags enable accurate, real-time
tracking, while our software enables users to know the current and historic
locations of assets throughout the facility."

About Siemens Healthcare

Siemens Healthcare is one of the world's largest suppliers to the
healthcare industry. The company is a renowned medical solutions provider
with core competence and innovative strength in diagnostic and therapeutic
technologies as well as in knowledge engineering, including information
technology and system integration. With its laboratory diagnostics
acquisitions, Siemens Healthcare is the first fully integrated diagnostics
company, bringing together imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy and
healthcare information technology solutions, supplemented by consulting and
support services. Siemens Healthcare delivers solutions across the entire
continuum of care - from prevention and early detection, to diagnosis,
therapy and care. The company employs more than 49,000 people worldwide and
operates in 130 countries. In the fiscal year 2007 (Sept. 30), Siemens
Healthcare reported sales of EUR9.85 billion, orders of EUR10.27 billion and
group profit of EUR1.32 billion. Further information can be found by visiting
http://www.siemens.com/healthcare

About Ekahau Inc.

Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi-based RTLS
solutions. Ekahau's customers, including several Fortune 500 companies
worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi based location services and
innovative Wi-Fi network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau's solutions
are being used in more than 150 hospitals around the world, as well as by
manufacturers, mining/oil/gas companies, government agencies and the
military. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading
system integrators and international OEM partners, who develop and market
wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau is a U.S. based corporation, with
offices in Saratoga, Calif.; Reston, Va.; Helsinki, Finland; and Hong Kong,
China. For more information about Ekahau, please visit at
http://www.ekahau.com.

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