Resource Library
The GS1 Healthcare resource library is organised in the following sections:
- GS1 Healthcare User Group
- Publications
- Automatic Identification & Data Capture
- Global Data Synchronisation
- Traceability
- Public policy
- Newsletters
- Case studies
- Videos
- Activities around the world
- GS1 Healthcare in the media
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GS1 Healthcare User Group
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Publications
- Healthcare supply chain & GS1 Standards brochure
- Reference Book 2009/2010
- Position statement on global harmonisation
- Position statement on 14-digit product identification keys
- Position statement on camera-based scanners
- The Case for Global Data Standards in the Healthcare Supply Chain by the Michigan State University School of Packaging
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Automatic Identification & Data Capture
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Global Data Synchronisation
- Recommended initial attributes for global implementation of GDSN in healthcare
- GDSN Healthcare gap analysis template
- Global GDSN Healthcare Pilot Report
- GDSN Healthcare Pilot Strategy
- Global GDSN Healthcare Pilot - Initial Results
- GDSN for Healthcare webinar
- Healthcare Global Product Classification Codes (GPC) Codes for GDSN
- USA: Department of Defence (DoD) Data Synchronisation Pilot
- USA: Department of Defence (DoD) press release “DoD reports findings from initial healthcare product data synchronization pilot”
- USA: Article “Vendors share their experiences with the DoD's data sync program” in Materials Management in Healthcare
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Traceability
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Public Policy
- Fact sheet – Reducing Medication Errors
- Fact sheet – Anti-Counterfeiting
- Australia: Response to the Therapeutic Goods Commission’s consideration of Bar Coding of Medicines - April 2009
- USA: Commentary on FDA Draft Guidance for Standardized Numerical Identification for Prescription Drug Packages - April 2009
- UK: Response to MHRA consultation on measures to strengthen the medicines’ supply chain and reduce the risk from counterfeit medicines - March 2009
- USA: Responses to questions raised by the FDA on the UDI system - Feb 2009
- Global: Response to GHTF UDI-questionnaire - Jan 2009
- Annex to response to GHTF UDI-questionnaire
- UK: Response to UK House of Commons Inquiry into Patient Safety - Sep 2008
- USA: Response to FDA questions on Standard Numerical Identifiers, Standards for Validation, Track & Trace and Authentication - May 2008
- USA: Commentary on FDA’s consideration of “Technologies for prescription Drug identification, Validation, Track & Trace and Authentication” - May 2008
- Brazil: Response to ANVISA Public Inquiry number 8 - March 2008
- European Union: Response to EC public consultation on counterfeit medicines - March 2008
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Newsletters
- October 2009 / No. 16
- July 2009 / No. 15
- April 2009 / No. 14
- December 2008 / No. 13
- September 2008 / No. 12
- July 2008 / No. 11
- March 2008 / No. 10
- December 2007 / No. 9
- September 2007 / No. 8
- July 2007 / No. 7
(version française) - April 2007 / No. 6
(version française) - December 2006 / No. 5
- August 2006 / No. 4
- May 2006 / No. 3
- March 2006 / No. 2
- November 2005 / No. 1
- October 2009 / No. 16
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Case studies
- Australia: CH2 – ‘Building traceability in Australian Healthcare’
- Australia: ‘eCommerce within the hospital pharmaceutical supply chain lays foundation for improved patient safety’
- Australia: Monash Pharmacy Project – Electronic messaging using GS1 Standards
- Australia: ResMed and GTIN, SSCC and GS1 BarCodes
- Canada: ‘Transforming the Canadian healthcare supply chain: creating the future roadmap for success’
- China: ‘Shanghai Food and Drug Administration: Implementation of a post-market traceability program for implantable medical devices adopting unique device identification’
- European Union: BRIDGE Traceability report
- France: Robert Ballanger Hospital – ‘Unique Device Identification of surgical instruments by DataMatrix 2D barcodes’
- Germany: Bad Krozingen – ‘Return on investment of standardised bar coding’
- Japan: Kanto Medical Center – ‘RFID and barcode based management of surgical instruments in a theatre sterile supply unit’
- UK: ‘The NHS Procurement eEnablement Programme – Using information to deliver better healthcare’
- UK: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - ‘Integrating information flows in orthopaedics’
- UK: ‘Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust implements GS1 bar codes and RFID technology to improve patient safety and increase productivity’
- UK: ‘Moorfields Eye Hospital implements GS1 bar codes’
- UK: ‘Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the NHS Numbers for Babies (NN4B) project’
- UK: ‘Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust – Southlands Hospital Pharmacy Production Unit’
- UK: ‘Airedale NHS Trust implements GS1 bar codes on patient wristbands to deliver the right treatment to the right patient’
- UK: ‘Wythenshawe Hospital implements GS1 bar coding to uniquely identify, track and trace surgical instrument trays’
- USA: Premier – ‘U.S. Healthcare industry to implement common data standards to improve safety, reduce costs’
- USA: Mayo Clinic – ‘Mayo Clinic/Cardinal Health GLN Implementation’
- USA: HCA - ‘BPOC/eMAR spotlight on performance improvement’
- USA: ‘Purdue Pharma expands & enhances serialization & EPC/RFID Programs using GS1 EPCglobal Gen2 Standard’
- USA: ‘Seton Family of Hospitals and BD use GS1 Standards and processes to reduce EDI errors in pursuit of “perfect orders”’
- Spain: SAS - ‘Efficiency models in the Andalusian Health Service supply chain’
- Switerland: ‘SmartLog: a Swiss drug traceability pilot’
- Switzerland: SmartLog – Healthcare Traceability Pilot Project
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Videos
- GS1 Healthcare Channel on YouTube
- The usage of GS1 Standards in the Traceability Platform of the university hospital CHU Dijon, France
- EFPIA anti-counterfeiting pilot in Sweden
- Standardization….Statt! GS1 Healthcare US
- BRIDGE Pharma Traceability Pilot (2009)
- Plenary sessions from the 15th Global GS1 Healthcare Conference in Hong Kong (2009)
- Plenary sessions from the 14th Global GS1 Healthcare Conference in Washington DC (2009)
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Activities around the world
- Australia: GS1’s global eMessaging standard GS1 XML has been endorsed by the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) as the document format for Australia’s health eProcurement strategy. (2007) View full press release
- Canada: Position papers (2009):
- Canada: ISMP Canada and Canadian Patient Safety Institute (2009)
- Canada: Endorsement by HealthPRO and Medbuy (2008)
- Canada: Endorsement by CareNET (2008)
- Chile: Endorsement by Cenabast (2008, in Spanish)
- Europe: Council of Europe: The Council of Europe’s Expert Group on Safe Medication Practices makes a strong recommendation to use the GS1 System. Download the full report. (2007)
- Europe: EFPIA (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations) Product verification pilot (2009)
- Europe: Eucomed guidance on UDI (2009)
- Europe: Eucomed position paper on bar code guidance (2007)
- Europe: Pharma Traceability Pilot (2009)
- France: AFSAPPS & French DataMatrix Regulation (2007)
- Germany: Endorsement by EK UNICO (2009, in German)
- Global: IFAH (International Federation for Animal Health) – Guidance for the application of GS1 markings to animal health products (2005)
- India: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announcement on GS1 Standards (2009)
- Netherlands: Endorsement by NFU (National Federation of University Medical Centers) (2008)
- New Zealand: New Zealand Ministry of Health announces Medication Safety Project. (2007)
- UK: ‘Implementing GS1 codes in NHS Medicines Manufacturing, Labelling and Compounding Units’ (2008)
- UK: The UK Department of Health has issued guidelines saying they support GS1 standards. Read the guidelines. (2007) Read the guidelines
- USA: AHRMM (Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management) “The State of Healthcare Logistics. Cost and Quality Improvement Opportunities.” (2009)
- USA: Endorsement by HIGPA (Health Industry Group Purchasing Association) (2009)
- USA: Endorsement by AHRMM (Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management) (2009)
- USA: Endorsement by Novation (2009)
- USA: Endorsement by 32 Healthcare provider members of SMI (Strategic Marketplace Initiative) (2009)
- USA: Endorsement by Amerinet (2008)
- USA: Endorsement by Premier (2008)
- USA: Endorsement by Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi), the Sisters of Mercy Health System’s (Mercy) supply chain operating division (2008)
- USA: EPCglobal Industry Adoption Task Force Roadmap (2008)
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GS1 Healthcare in the media
- “Traceability and Serialisation – Effective Implementation”, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Packing Sourcer, November 2009
- "Change the forecast from perfect storm to perfect order" by Steve Gundersen in Healthcare Purchasing News, January 2009
- "Taking steps to traceability" in ABHI Focus, Spring 2008
- “Special Report: Global Standards and patient safety” in the IHF Reference Book 2007/2008, January 2008
- “A HUG to help you” in MHD Supply Chain Solutions, March/April 2007
- “Richtiger Patient, richtiges Produkt, richtige Dosierung” in Management & Krankenhaus, anuary 2007
- “Unique Identifiers for Medical Devices” in Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, January 2007
- “Striving toward a global code” in Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, July 2006