GS1 UK

GS1 UK is one of 120 independent GS1 standards organisations operating worldwide. Our unique standards help organisations to uniquely identify, describe and track anything – creating greater trust in data for everyone.

In healthcare, GS1 standards are used to uniquely identify every person, every product and every place. Data is commonly captured in a barcode which when scanned, extracts the relevant data at the point of care or use. Data is captured in near real time and in a standardised format, so that it is accurate, consistent and interoperable.

Using our standards, healthcare products, medical devices and assets can be traced through the supply chain from the point of manufacture, directly to the patient at the point of care. This decreases transcription errors and reduces the risk of harm to patients, all helping to improve patient safety, reduce unwarranted clinical variation and drive operational efficiencies across industry.

Learn more at www.gs1uk.org/healthcare or explore the evidence in the Scan4Safety report here: https://healthcare.gs1uk.org/scan4safety.