Automatic identification of medicines, supplies and medical devices in hospitals
GS1 standards uniquely identify medicines, medical devices, and even most hospital goods. Hospitals must load some data on a mandatory basis, so information systems are at least partly ready for this. However, automatic identification systems can be used for a much wider range of processes and can fulfill their core functions. Namely, cost reduction, process streamlining, elimination of manual work, error prevention, accurate traceability, and traceability. The presentation will be a cross-section of the use of automatic identification systems in hospitals, with particular attention to improving patient safety through case studies from abroad.
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Ladislav Janco
Ladislav Janco works as a senior consultant of GS1 standards in GS1 Slovakia, which is dedicated to the issue of unique identification for more than 5000 companies in different areas of the economy. He is involved in the development of GS1 standards in the field of healthcare, retail, logistics, and related training of companies - users of the GS1 system. He has more than fifteen years of experience in the field of automatic identification and data collection. He is a member of the GS1 Global working groups for the implementation of GS1 standards in healthcare and the identification of backed-up packaging. He is involved in projects in the area of leveraging existing end-customer identification methods and penetration of unique identific…
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