Healthcare Providers

Risks to patient safety occur when there is a mismatch between a patient and the care they receive. Errors can occur at time of diagnosis, treatment or on-going care. There is an increasing need to improve traceability.

Hospitals can use GS1 Standards when implementing traceability solutions to ensure the reliability of data and to optimise processes. This in turn can reduce preventable errors, enhance Electronic Health Record management, support outcome-based medicine and comparative effectiveness, and provide transparency for better clinical and supply chain management.

Healthcare Supply Chain

The use of GS1 Standards in healthcare supports the 5 patients rights- right patient, right drug or device, right time, right dose, right route.

Implementation Support for Hospitals

Do you need help with the tracking of products, assets or documents?
Have you been asked to implement a project that involves barcode scanning?
Do you need to learn more about what GS1 compliance is and its benefits?

GS1 experts are on hand to provide you with the help you need.

We offer professional advisory services and training to hospital staff to learn about implementing GS1 identification standards such as GTINs and barcodes.

Most recently, Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street have been using the 2D barcodes applied at goods receiving to manage batch traceability for infant feeds within the hospital. Additional benefits of time saving, improved patient safety and improved stock management are also being realised. This is an excellent example of electronic traceability and it has prompted further traceability initiatives within the hospital.

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Benefits on GS1 standards adoption in Healthcare

The opportunity to improve the performance of the Irish Healthcare service through use of standardised ICT, based on the GS1 System, is significant in terms of the potential for:

Improved patient safety through the reduction of the risk of errors.