Global GS1 Healthcare Conference São Paulo, 16-18 March 2010
Global GS1 Healthcare Conference São Paulo, 16-18 March 2010
Global GS1 Healthcare Conference São Paulo, 16-18 March 2010
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<strong>Global</strong> <strong>GS1</strong> <strong>Healthcare</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />
<strong>São</strong> <strong>Paulo</strong>, <strong>16</strong>-<strong>18</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Work Groups<br />
AIDC Application Standards Work Group<br />
The Automatic Identification & Data Capture (AIDC) Application Standards work group is<br />
developing global standards for the automatic identification and data capture for<br />
<strong>Healthcare</strong> products at all packaging levels. The AIDC Application Standards for<br />
<strong>Healthcare</strong> Phase 1 (covering about 90% of <strong>Healthcare</strong> products) and Small Instruments<br />
were ratified in January <strong>2010</strong>. A work group is currently finalising the implementation<br />
guidelines for these standards. Other work groups of this work stream include: Blood /<br />
Plasma Derivatives, Location and Legal Entity ID, Patient and Caregiver ID, Multiple<br />
Barcodes, Barcode / EPC Interoperability, Serialization, and Phase 2.<br />
Traceability in <strong>Healthcare</strong> Work Group<br />
The Traceability in <strong>Healthcare</strong> work group is developing a suite of global standards to<br />
enable full actionable visibility of all pharmaceuticals and medical devices from<br />
point-of-production to point-of-use, which can be used globally. The <strong>Global</strong><br />
Traceability Standard for <strong>Healthcare</strong> (GTSH) Issue 1.0.0 was approved and published in<br />
February 2009 and provides a process standard describing the traceability process for<br />
all stakeholders. The GTSH Implementation Guide was published in April 2009. A work<br />
team is now further developing a suite of <strong>Global</strong> Standards that enable Traceability in<br />
<strong>Healthcare</strong> (including process standard(s) and technical standards) by 2011.<br />
<strong>Healthcare</strong> Data Synchronisation & Product Classification Work Group<br />
The <strong>Healthcare</strong> Data Synchronisation work group is developing a global standard to<br />
enable healthcare stakeholders to leverage the <strong>GS1</strong> <strong>Global</strong> Data Synchronisation<br />
Network (GDSN), ensuring accurate and consistent data exchange between all supply<br />
chain partners. A global GDSN Pilot was successfully completed in 2008 showing that<br />
the GDSN infrastructure is in place to enable cross-border data synchronisation. A<br />
<strong>Global</strong> GDSN Implementation Initiative was successfully launched in June 2009. The<br />
GDSN Extension for <strong>Healthcare</strong> will be part of the next GDSN release.<br />
Public Policy Work Team<br />
The Public Policy work team provides leadership in the conduct and interaction with<br />
global public policy makers / government authorities to influence the movement towards<br />
harmonisation of product identification requirements in alignment with <strong>GS1</strong> <strong>Global</strong><br />
Standards. The work team also provides a forum for open exchange of information<br />
between end-user members on global public policy developments, monitors the global<br />
landscape of laws, regulations, directives, etc., around the topics of healthcare product<br />
identification, data synchronisation and traceability, and establishes a framework and<br />
repository of global regulations and directives related to <strong>Healthcare</strong> Product<br />
identification as a reference for membership.<br />
<strong>GS1</strong> <strong>Healthcare</strong> – Improving patient safety worldwide<br />
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