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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 ...
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...
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% ...
Unique Device Identification of surgical instruments by DataMatrix 2D barcodes
Healthcare
Unique Device Identification of surgical instruments by DataMatrix 2D barcodes
The Robert Ballanger Hospital is a 650 bed intercity hospital.
CareScan+: Enabling safer more efficient patient care while reducing costs
Healthcare
CareScan+: Enabling safer more efficient patient care while reducing costs
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust began its GS1 standards-adoption journey as one of si...
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...
Enabling traceability at Dijon University Hospital through identification of all rooms and locations
Healthcare
Enabling traceability at Dijon University Hospital through identification of all rooms and...
The University Hospital CHU Dijon is a 1,700 bed hospital employing more than 6,300 people, collecti...