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Healthcare
Reducing the global impact of environmentally harmful anaesthetic gases using a medical de...
95% of anaesthetic gases used in an operation are not metabolised by the patient so a significant pr...
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Healthcare
Optimising medicine management and reducing waste: a digitised approach for Danish healthc...
The absence of a standardised tracking system in Central Denmark's hospitals had made it arduous for...
Connected, continuous and complete: Implementing Scan4Safety using GS1 standards at the core of the patient pathway
Healthcare
Connected, continuous and complete: Implementing Scan4Safety using GS1 standards at the co...
Launched in England by the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care in 2016, the Scan4Safety progra...
Successful implementation of the Bulgarian Medicines Verification System
Healthcare
Successful implementation of the Bulgarian Medicines Verification System
Following the 2011 European Union Falsified Medicines Directive, the Bulgarian Medicines Verificatio...
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’...
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.
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).
Scan4Safety: Giving time back to patient care at Dublin’s Tallaght University Hospital
Healthcare
Scan4Safety: Giving time back to patient care at Dublin’s Tallaght University Hospital
Clinical staff at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) were spending a large proportion of their time ...