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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.
Scan4Safety: Giving time back to patient care at Dublin’s Tallaght University Hospital
Healthcare
Scan4Safety: Giving time back to patient care at Dublin’s Tallaght University Hospital
Clinical staff at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) were spending a large proportion of their time ...
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’...
Best practice patient safety and traceability of infant feeds at CHI (Children’s Health Ireland) at Temple Street
Healthcare
Best practice patient safety and traceability of infant feeds at CHI (Children’s Health Ir...
In 2016 the hospital was audited by the Food Safety Professionals Association (FSPA).
Ethiopia: Laying foundations to fight substandard and falsified medicines
Healthcare
Ethiopia: Laying foundations to fight substandard and falsified medicines
In Ethiopia, work is underway to ensure each and every medicine in the country has a unique identifi...
Ethiopia: Laying foundations to fight substandard and falsified medicines
Healthcare
Nigeria: Tracking the distribution of Covid vaccinations
Nigeria already had a plan to implement pharmaceutical traceability for all drugs by 2024, with part...
Covid Vaccines traceability program in Nigeria
Healthcare
Covid Vaccines traceability program in Nigeria
Traceability standards enabling a safer, more efficient rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine across Ireland
Healthcare
Traceability standards enabling a safer, more efficient rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine ac...
The HSE in collaboration with GS1 Ireland adopted a GS1 standards-based approach for the identificat...