Derby Teaching Hospitals save £2.8 million by using GS1 standards in operating theatres

The trust runs two hospitals: the Royal Derby Hospital, which is a busy acute teaching hospital and London Road is the trust’s community hospital.

DTH has implemented GS1 standards throughout their operating theatres by scanning GS1 barcodes for full traceability of caregivers, equipment, products and patients as procedures and overall care are performed. Theatre processes are now much more efficient, saving time and costs as well as improving patient safety. The product recall process is also much more precise and efficient; a recall once took up to 50 hours on average per patient and now only takes 30 minutes per patient.