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Ethiopia: Laying foundations to fight substandard and falsified medicines
Healthcare
Using GS1 standards to trace surgical and dental instruments
Keeping track of many surgical instruments by visual inspection presented problems from a risk manag...
Scanning the horizon: the evolution of Scan4Safety in the NHS
Healthcare
Scanning the horizon: the evolution of Scan4Safety in the NHS
Six acute NHS demonstrator sites were funded through the GS1 and PEPPOL implementation programme tha...
Improving general inventory control at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Healthcare
Improving general inventory control at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust recognised the need for better inventory management. It employed GS1 ...
Demonstrating the benefits of scanning UDI barcodes on the front lines
Healthcare
Demonstrating the benefits of scanning UDI barcodes on the front lines
The Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Miami, Florida, spent countless hours each week manually...
National Children’s Hospital uses GS1 standards to improve efficiency in patient care
Healthcare
National Children’s Hospital uses GS1 standards to improve efficiency in patient care
The inventory the National Children’s Hospital were working with was identified in a variety of ways...
GS1 Digital Link helps deliver valuable e-leaflet information to healthcare providers and patients
Healthcare
GS1 Digital Link helps deliver valuable e-leaflet information to healthcare providers and ...
In November 2019, amendments were made by the Japanese government to the Pharmaceuticals and Medical...
Successful implementation of electronic health record system for traceability of medical materials
Healthcare
Successful implementation of electronic health record system for traceability of medical m...
In Japan, GS1 barcodes have been used in the healthcare industry for decades, specifically by medica...
Preventing medication administration error at Gelre Hospitals, the Netherlands
Healthcare
Preventing medication administration error at Gelre Hospitals, the Netherlands
Gelre Hospitals updated their internal processes to take advantage of new technologies combined with...