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GS1 Bulgaria on improving patient safety



 

On 23 October in Lisbon, Portugal the 22nd Global GS1 Healthcare Conference began. The theme of this year’s conference is “A globally harmonized way to improve patient safety”. The accentuation of this year’s conference was placed upon the implementation and application of GS1 standards in hospitals and unique identification of pharmaceutical products. 
 
In July 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the Unique Device Identification (UDI) proposed regulation, which intends to assign a unique identifier to medical devices within the United States. The participants in the conference made corrections to the medical devices classification, the implementation timeline and the global UDI database which is expected to be created and applied. 
 
There is also a European Directive concerning medical devices regulating this issue but the question remains whether it is enough for UDI to remain in the jurisdiction of the IMDRF, which is entirely industrial organization? Those topics were raised during the follow-up discussion, and the main idea was that the implementation of a unique medical devices identifier is not simply a technical, but rather a political issue. Clear rules by the respective regulatory bodies are needed, as well as excellent work coordination and a global standardized approach to be used in relation to manufacturers, suppliers, hospitals and other healthcare facilities. 
 
Another plenary session was dedicated to the new McKinsey & Company report describing the benefits and the essential role global standards play in today’s healthcare supply chain. The standards not only help increase patient safety in a world where all supply chain participants, from the manufacturer to the patient, can be situated in various geographic regions, but also help increase the efficiency of processes and reduce costs by improving inventory keeping. 
 
In addition to introducing the various applications of the GS1 standards, the three-day conference will provide a forum for the various participants along the healthcare supply chain to share their knowledge and exchange ideas, in order to improve the efficiency of processes and increase patient safety. Projects of the national GS1 organizations will also be presented.  
 

24.10.2012

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