Clinical Inventory Intelligence (CII) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) are changing the way hospitals track, store, and manage their equipment and assets. RFID uses radio waves to communicate between an RFID reader and an electronic tag affixed to an object. CII manages RFID-tagged inventory throughout facilities by tracking items from arrival to end use, freeing medical staff to concentrate on patient care and concerns. Together, they allow hospitals to benefit from a nearly self-managing asset accounting and control system that provides the whereabouts of anything deemed important enough to track. Nothing is too big or too small to keep track of.