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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...
Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory improves traceability, workflow and reduces items in stock
Healthcare
Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory improves traceability, workflow and reduces items in st...
The hospital department had a non-standardised manual process for handling stock inventory.
GS1 Digital Link helps deliver valuable e-leaflet information to healthcare providers and patients
Healthcare
GS1 Digital Link helps deliver valuable e-leaflet information to healthcare providers and ...
In November 2019, amendments were made by the Japanese government to the Pharmaceuticals and Medical...
Bedside scanning requires cultural change
Healthcare
Bedside scanning requires cultural change
Rigshospitalet is a University Hospital in the Capital Region of Denmark. It is a highly specialised...
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
Portugal: Implementing GS1 Standards to increase efficiencies at a retail pharmacy’s wareh...
MC is a Portuguese retailer that offers its customers an OTC (Over The Counter) Pharmacy service cal...
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...
GS1 barcodes on medical devices reduces stock and enhances patient safety