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Scanning the horizon: the evolution of Scan4Safety in the NHS
Healthcare
Scanning the horizon: the evolution of Scan4Safety in the NHS
Six acute NHS demonstrator sites were funded through the GS1 and PEPPOL implementation programme tha...
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 ...
The unique and automated identification of pharmaceutical products to improve patient safety and treatment costing at the Regional Hospital, Poznań
Healthcare
The unique and automated identification of pharmaceutical products to improve patient safe...
The Regional Hospital in Poznań, Poland has been active since 1973 and is a multi-discipline hospita...
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 ...
Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploy Zebra printers and GS1 standards for positive patient identification
Healthcare
Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploy Zebra printers and GS1 standards for positive patient iden...
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) wanted to adopt barcode technology to use with its patient...
Mercy advises that collaboration is the best medicine
Healthcare
Mercy advises that collaboration is the best medicine
GS1 standards are providing the Mercy healthcare system with the needed foundation for automating it...
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% ...
Increasing bedside scanning implementation at Charing Cross Hospital, UK
Healthcare
Increasing bedside scanning implementation at Charing Cross Hospital, UK
Charing Cross Hospital implemented GS1 barcodes on their patient wristbands.