Managing and administering medications within a hospital is very complex.

Without proper safeguards, errors can easily occur throughout the process including prescribing, transcribing and administering the drug to the patient.

To improve safety, along with other technologies, hospitals are adopting systems capable of extracting and using data from barcodes.

On September 21st, HealthPRO hosted a webinar with GS1 Canada where we shared:

• Common barcoding problems
• Fundamentals of GS1 standards for barcoding
• Step-by-step guidelines to help you create properly formatted GS1 barcodes and ensure your product barcodes can be scanned by healthcare providers

Below, we’re pleased to share a copy of the presentation and a number of helpful resources.

Resources

• Webinar Recording
• Slide Deck
• Q&A
• Pharmacy Barcoding and Labelling Education Tools
• Barcoding Dos and Don'ts

For more information:

For information on GS1 barcodes and to obtain support for your barcoding initiatives: Rob Bell, Director, Healthcare, GS1 Canada 

For questions related to HealthPRO’s Product Quality Evaluations: Tracy Gallina, Clinical Director, Pharmacy

For questions related to HealthPRO contracts: Sara Saral, Business Director, Pharmacy