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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...
china
Healthcare
Exchanging data via GDSN as a foundation for traceability
To increase the safety and efficiency of medicine supply chains, healthcare leaders in Zambia are ke...
china
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...
GS1 Australia Woolworths
Retail, Fresh foods
Woolworths Australia seeing multiple benefits from 2D barcodes
With more than 1,000 stores, Woolworths is the largest retailer in the Australia/New Zealand region,...
Device identification for traceability in the IVD-reagent supply chain
Healthcare
Device identification for traceability in the IVD-reagent supply chain
Dian Diagnostics Group Co., Ltd. (DIAN) is a China-based in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) company that pri...
Netcare: Investing in GS1 standards and quality product information for patient safety
Healthcare
Netcare: Investing in GS1 standards and quality product information for patient safety
As a leading healthcare provider in South Africa, Netcare is continually investing in ways to better...
More than bar codes: Integrating Global Standards-based bar code technology into National Health Information Systems in Ethiopia and Pakistan to increase end-to-end supply chain visibility
Healthcare
More than bar codes: Integrating Global Standards-based bar code technology into National ...
Bar codes can help track and trace health products in the supply chain.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals adopts GS1 standards for regulatory compliance and traceability
Healthcare
Hikma Pharmaceuticals adopts GS1 standards for regulatory compliance and traceability
Hikma Pharmaceuticals (Hikma) needed to put in place a track and trace system for its full line of p...