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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...
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Healthcare
Working together on a single source to achieve reliable data for medical devices
Exchanging product information of medical devices has traditionally involved time-consuming handling...
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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...
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 ...
Connected, continuous and complete: Implementing Scan4Safety using GS1 standards at the core of the patient pathway
Healthcare
Connected, continuous and complete: Implementing Scan4Safety using GS1 standards at the co...
Launched in England by the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care in 2016, the Scan4Safety progra...
Bernhoven: the first dutch hospital with a unique barcode on all medical devices
Healthcare
Bernhoven: the first dutch hospital with a unique barcode on all medical devices
Bernhoven is the first hospital in the Netherlands that operates according to the GS1 Global Traceab...
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...
Realising more than £1m of savings through an effective inventory management improvement programme
Healthcare
Realising more than £1m of savings through an effective inventory management improvement p...
National Health Service (NHS) trusts in England are being driven to improve operational efficiencies...