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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...
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% ...
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...
Providing traceability, visibility and food safety via GS1’s TrueSource
Retail, Foodservice, Public sector
Providing traceability, visibility and food safety via GS1’s TrueSource
Launched in 2010, TrueSource is GS1 UK’s leading Data Pool service
Facilitating pork product traceability, authentication and recalls
Retail, Fresh foods, Public sector
Facilitating pork product traceability, authentication and recalls
The Pork Dioxin contamination crisis led to the total recall of Irish pork products, cost the sector...
Turning food waste into an opportunity for MOs: the Dutch case
Retail, Foodservice, Public sector
Turning food waste into an opportunity for MOs: the Dutch case
The European Institutions have developed a strategy to fight against food waste in Europe in complia...
Ethiopia: Laying foundations to fight substandard and falsified medicines
Healthcare
United Kingdom: Harnessing GS1 standards to reduce unwarranted clinical variation
To become more efficient and reduce costs and waste, MFT implemented an inventory management system ...