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Healthcare
Reducing the global impact of environmentally harmful anaesthetic gases using a medical de...
95% of anaesthetic gases used in an operation are not metabolised by the patient so a significant pr...
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...
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Healthcare
Implementing UDI on medical devices in Shenzhen – benefiting healthcare regulation and del...
There are increasing efforts to promote and implement the use of UDI for medical devices in China, b...
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Healthcare
Optimising medicine management and reducing waste: a digitised approach for Danish healthc...
The absence of a standardised tracking system in Central Denmark's hospitals had made it arduous for...
Implementing RFID-enabled technology for the transport of precious laboratory samples at St. James’s Hospital
Healthcare
Implementing RFID-enabled technology for the transport of precious laboratory samples at S...
Laboratory samples, such as cancerous tissues taken during a biopsy, are “precious” since a patient’...
Leveraging GS1 standards to ensure accuracy and safety of patient care at Canberra Hospital
Healthcare
Leveraging GS1 standards to ensure accuracy and safety of patient care at Canberra Hospita...
To take full advantage of technologies available today, healthcare providers need to consider how th...
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...
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...