elements described above or from other materials that have essentially the same characteristics as any or all of the above elements the elements may be combined in such a manner that two of the elements are combined prior to the addition of the 3rd so as to make the process appear as if only two elements comprise the rfid wristband this will be considered essentially the same as having the 3 separate elements combined in a manufacturing or assembly process an exemplary embodiment of the wristband housing is a conventional wristband bar code based that is employed in healthcare or other human identification bands an example manufacturer of such conventional wristbands is st john inc the conventional hospital wristband will be acquired or created in single units or in a form factor that has multiple single wristbands attached to one another in such a manner as prescribed by the existing wristband manufacturer such that the wristbands can be separated into single units if the existing wristband is acquired in a form factor that has multiple single wristbands such that the wristbands must be separated into single units the mechanism of separating these wristbands may be done prior to the combination of the above elements at any stage of the process that combines the elements or after the elements have been combined the process of separating the wristband elements that are in a form factor that has multiple single units can be performed either one at a time or more than one at a time and may be done by a manual process or automated the wristband housing may then be combined with the uhf rfid tags the combination of the wristband housing and the rfid tags can be a manual process or automated process performed by an.