RFID, TNO, Sonitor… and a potential conflict of interest?

 Commenter follow_the_ money had the following to say on my June 24th post about a  JAMA article raising questions about the safety of RFID in hospitals (reprinted from comment section): 
“this appears to be waiting for a good reporter
The “TNO Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, Leiden” is listed as one of the “Author Affiliations” for the RFID study (http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/299/24/2884).
A recent announcement (May 2008) was made regarding strengthened collaboration between TNO and Sintef, another research organization in Europe similar to TNO (http://www.mwjournal.com/search/article.asp?HH_ID=AR_5758&SearchWord=TNO) .
Wilfred Booij is a senior scientist at Sintef.
Wilfred Booij is also CTO of “Sonitor Technologies”.
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