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St. Joseph’s Hospital: Unique Device Identification for better care and patient safety
Healthcare
St. Joseph’s Hospital: Unique Device Identification for better care and patient safety
St. Joseph’s (Catholic) Hospital is located in Huwei township, Yunlin county, Chinese Taipei.
Implementing RFID-enabled technology for the transport of precious laboratory samples at St. James’s Hospital
Healthcare
Implementing RFID-enabled technology for the transport of precious laboratory samples at S...
Laboratory samples, such as cancerous tissues taken during a biopsy, are “precious” since a patient’...
Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain: The evolution of pharmaceutical product traceability in China
Healthcare
Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain: The evolution of pharmaceutical product traceability in Ch...
Transitioning to a GS1 standards-based solution, while desirable, requires changing systems and proc...
Best practice patient safety and traceability of infant feeds at CHI (Children’s Health Ireland) at Temple Street
Healthcare
Best practice patient safety and traceability of infant feeds at CHI (Children’s Health Ir...
In 2016 the hospital was audited by the Food Safety Professionals Association (FSPA).
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...
china
Healthcare
China: Tracking drugs and medical devices on a single platform
Based on the research on the similarities and differences between drugs and medical devices supply c...
Ethiopia: Laying foundations to fight substandard and falsified medicines
Healthcare
China: Improving medical device management through the use of GS1 standards
The hospital implemented new processes for the delivery, acceptance, warehousing and billing of medi...
Ethiopia: Laying foundations to fight substandard and falsified medicines
Healthcare
Nigeria: Tracking the distribution of Covid vaccinations
Nigeria already had a plan to implement pharmaceutical traceability for all drugs by 2024, with part...