Library

• GS1 Healthcare
  • Governance Charter & Roadmap
  • What you need to know
  • Questions & answers
• Standards and guidelines
  • GS1 DataMatrix: an introduction and technical overview
  • GTIN Rules
  • GTIN Rules made even easier (for healthcare)
  • EPCglobal Pedigree Messaging Standard
• Position statements
  • GTIN identification of pharmaceutical products and medical devices Databases must be constructed using 14 digits
  • Global harmonization
  • Camera-based scanners
• The Case for Global Data Standards in the Healthcare Supply Chain by the Michigan State University School of Packaging
  Full report
  Executive summary
• Newsletters
  • July 2008 / No. 11
  • March 2008 / No. 10
  • December 2007 / No. 9
  • September 2007 / No. 8
  • July 2007 / No. 7
    (version française)
  • April 2007 / No. 6
    (version française)
  • December 2006 / No. 5
  • August 2006 / No. 4
  • May 2006 / No. 3
  • March 2006 / No. 2
  • November 2005 / No. 1
• GDSN
  • Global GDSN Healthcare Pilot Report
  • GDSN Healthcare Pilot Strategy
  • Global GDSN Healthcare Pilot - Initial Results
  • GDSN for Healthcare webinar
• Activities around the world
• Article “Progressive pilots” in Materials Management in Healthcare
  View full press release.
• DoD press release “DoD reports findings from initial healthcare product data synchronization pilot
  View full press release.
• UK (21 March 2007: The UK Department of Health have issued guidelines saying they support GS1 standards. Read the guidelines.)
• New Zealand (12 September 2007: New Zealand Ministry of Health announces Medication Safety Project.)
• Council of Europe (02 April 2007: The Council of Europe’s Expert Group on Safe Medication Practices makes a strong recommendation to use the GS1 System. Download the full report.
• US FDA (US FDA Bar Code Label Requirement For Human Drug Products and Blood
• Australia (13 August 2007: GS1’s global eMessaging standard GS1 XML has been endorsed by the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) as the document format for Australia’s health eProcurement strategy.
  View full press release.
• US Department of Defense: "Creating a Source of Truth in Healthcare: Testing the GDSN as a Platform for the Healthcare Product Data Utility"
• US Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition (HSCSC) Position on Standards
• Articles
  • "Taking steps to traceability"in ABHI Focus, Spring 2008
  • Special Report: Global Standards and patient safety in the IHF Reference Book 2007/2008, January 2008
    IHF Reference Book 2007/2008
    Special Report: Global standards and patient safety
  • A HUG to help you in MHD Supply Chain Solutions, March/April 2007
  • Richtiger Patient, richtiges Produkt, richtige Dosierung in Management & Krankenhaus, January 2007
  • Unique Identifiers for Medical Devices in Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, January 2007
  • Striving toward a global code in Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, July 2006