How to prevent medication errors?

Our barcodes help to improve safety by enabling machine-based checking. They help to match patients with the correct medication or medical device, administered by an authorised caregiver.

With the help of GS1 barcodes in healthcare, hospitals can:

• Reduce medication errors by more than 50%¹
• Cut down risk of adverse drug events by up to 75%²
• Facilitate positive patient identification at all points of care
• Enable accurate information about medical products to be recorded in electronic medical records
• Ensure the right patient is given the right treatment at the right time

^{1, 2}McKinsey report, “Strength in unity: The promise of global standards in healthcare”