Healthcare

Twenty years ago, GS1 expanded its work in healthcare globally revolutionising how medical products are tracked and identified and extending its use to standardise the identification of patients, locations, assets, and more.

The Special Feeds Unit at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Temple Street, Dublin received the GS1 Provider Best Case Study Award 2020, for the implementation of GS1 standards for the electronic traceability of ‘special feeds’ in the hospital.

New report by Deloitte supports use of GS1 standards for identification, barcoding and traceability across the healthcare supply chain

Imagine a world where PPE is tracked, and the stock is in the right place at the time it is needed. Scan4Safety is now enabling the delivery of better patient care, clinical productivity, and supply chain efficiency in Ireland, writes GS1 Ireland Director of Innovation and Healthcare Siobhain Duggan.

Is a GTIN just a bunch of random numbers? What size should a barcode symbol be? Find out more in episode 2 in our Standards Spotlight series.