Cases studies
- Healthcare
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...
- Healthcare
Developing the GS1 monitoring tool: a standardised set of patient safety outcome measurements
This inconsistency in measured outcomes poses concern when evaluating the effects of barcoding on patient safety and quality of care. The...
- Healthcare
Device identification for traceability in the IVD-reagent supply chain
In China’s IVD-reagent supply chains, there was no consolidated material coding standard. This caused a series of problems, such as...
- Healthcare
Digitise healthcare product information to improve procurement and supply chain management
For global consistency, it is essential to share global information on products directly from manufacturers to hospitals, using a single...
- Healthcare
Driving Unique Device Identification compliance puts focus on patient safety
As a result, Unique Device Identification (UDI) was introduced. Additional countries have also enacted regulations. For UDI to be effective...
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