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IPC/Subway: Delivering the promise of end-to-end traceability throughout the Subway system
Retail, Fresh foods
IPC/Subway: Delivering the promise of end-to-end traceability throughout the Subway system
IPC needed a system to enable full supply chain visibility to optimise its operations.
Improving general inventory control at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Healthcare
Improving general inventory control at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust recognised the need for better inventory management. It employed GS1 ...
Collaborating with the USA FDA on Unique Device Identification
Healthcare, Public sector
Collaborating with the USA FDA on Unique Device Identification
The Unique Device Identification (UDI) is a system used to mark and identify medical devices within ...
Interoperability and GS1 standards – a roadmap to success in pathology and medicines administration
Healthcare
Interoperability and GS1 standards – a roadmap to success in pathology and medicines admin...
Prior to 2017, pathology at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was a systematic but manual...
How positive patient identification can provide peace of mind for patients and their relatives
Healthcare
How positive patient identification can provide peace of mind for patients and their relat...
Staff working on the breast ward at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Leeds) faced numerous, daily...
Fresenius Kabi: First to provide healthcare providers with GS1 EPC-enabled RFID tagging at the dosage level
Healthcare
Fresenius Kabi: First to provide healthcare providers with GS1 EPC-enabled RFID tagging at...
Fresenius Kabi specialises in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and cl...
Using barcode scanning technology to reduce medication errors in dispensing
Healthcare
Using barcode scanning technology to reduce medication errors in dispensing
There are an estimated 37.8 million dispensing errors made in England each year, representing 15.9% ...
EPC/RFID: An effective method for realtime asset management
Healthcare
EPC/RFID: An effective method for realtime asset management
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) had thousands of assets and medical dev...