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Using Global Location Numbers for a unique identification system in Swiss healthcare
Healthcare
Using Global Location Numbers for a unique identification system in Swiss healthcare
The first objective was to revise Switzerland’s federal narcotic control system, which was fully pap...
LM-Dental moving to GS1 standards for dental product traceability with EPC/RFID
Healthcare
LM-Dental moving to GS1 standards for dental product traceability with EPC/RFID
LM-Dental, a leading manufacturer of dental products based in Finland, is implementing GS1 standards...
Towards a new management model: surgical prosthesis traceability
Healthcare
Towards a new management model: surgical prosthesis traceability
The Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebrón did not meet current regulations on traceability records for...
Successful implementation of electronic health record system for traceability of medical materials
Healthcare
Successful implementation of electronic health record system for traceability of medical m...
In Japan, GS1 barcodes have been used in the healthcare industry for decades, specifically by medica...
Improving inventory management and patient safety with simple scans
Healthcare
Improving inventory management and patient safety with simple scans
The North Denmark Region has three hospitals with approximately 1,800 beds and more than 8,700 emplo...
Medical device management using GS1 barcodes at Tokyo Yamate Medical Center
Healthcare
Medical device management using GS1 barcodes at Tokyo Yamate Medical Center
Medical device management was a manual process, medical staff checked the labels and made an entry e...
Inventory Management in Apparel with EPC/RFID, Japanese company gains in-store efficiency
Retail, Apparel, Transport & Logistics
Inventory Management in Apparel with EPC/RFID, Japanese company gains in-store efficiency
First to deploy item-level EPC/RFID tagging in Japan.
Ethiopia: Laying foundations to fight substandard and falsified medicines
Healthcare
Denmark: Creating IT architecture for supply chain automation
The aim is to have a hospital with an automated logistic infrastructure that is agile and can be ada...