On 14 October 2013, EAHP, together with UZ Leuven [2] and GS1 [3], brought together stakeholders from across the health sector spectrum: doctors' groups, nurses' groups, patient groups, representatives of the pharmacy profession, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, and representatives of the technology, IT and health management sectors, at a one-off event to explore how to make bedside scanning in Europe a reality. Attendee list here [4].
Held at UZ Leuven, the event included presentations from:
The day also included a tour of the hospital wards to see bedside scanning technology applied in practice, and afternoon workshops at which stakeholders discussed in depth how the barriers to implementing bedside scanning more widely across Europe could be overcome. Workshop questions here [10].
The day ended with the presentation of findings and conclusions by the workshops, and reflection on next steps. Key conclusions were:
Below you can find the formal report of the meeting, films of the presentations and links to many other relevant fields of information, including the participant list, agenda, reading materials and photo gallery.
FULL REPORT OF LEUVEN MEETING ON BEDSIDE SCANNING [12]
Footage of Thomas De Rijdt's presentation here [16].
Footage of Ulrike Kreysa's presentation here [9].
Footage of workshop feedback here [17].
Thomas De Rijdt (UZ Leuven) presentation here [5].
Chris Dierickx (Pfizer) presentation here [19].
Ulrike Kreysa (GS1) presentation here [20].
Further background information, studies and relevant past news related to bedside scanning and the bar coding of medicines is available here [21].
For more information on how to get involved in EAHP's campaign for improved patient safety via the practice of bedside scanning, and the accompanying need to bar code medicines to the single unit package, please contact info[at]eahp[dot]eu [22]
Links
[1] http://www.eahp.eu/sites/default/files/files/Report%20of%20bedside%20scanning%20meeting(1).pdf
[2] http://www.uzleuven.be/en
[3] http://www.gs1.org/
[4] https://www.eahp.eu/sites/default/files/files/Participant%20list_Leuven.pdf
[5] https://www.eahp.eu/sites/default/files/files/Barcodescanning%20-%20The%20missing%20link%20in%20patient%20safety%20-%20HANDOUTS%20TDR.pdf
[6] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s4cDU17fC8&feature=youtu.be
[7] https://www.eahp.eu/sites/default/files/files/Unit%20Dose%20-%20Leuven%20Meeting%2014%20October%202013%20V5%2015th%20of%20october.pdf
[8] https://www.eahp.eu/sites/default/files/files/EAHP_Leuven_pptx%20.pdf
[9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J9GIA1G_OY
[10] https://www.eahp.eu/sites/default/files/files/Workshop%20guiding%20questions.pdf
[11] http://ec.europa.eu/health/human-use/falsified_medicines/index_en.htm
[12] https://www.eahp.eu/sites/default/files/files/Report%20of%20bedside%20scanning%20meeting(1).pdf
[13] http://youtu.be/3s4cDU17fC8
[14] http://youtu.be/6J9GIA1G_OY
[15] http://youtu.be/foj0UvyvNH0
[16] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s4cDU17fC8
[17] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foj0UvyvNH0
[18] http://www.eahp.eu/press-room/multi-media/leuven-bar-code-event
[19] http://www.eahp.eu/sites/default/files/files/Unit%20Dose%20-%20Leuven%20Meeting%2014%20October%202013%20V5%2015th%20of%20october.pdf
[20] http://www.eahp.eu/sites/default/files/files/EAHP_Leuven_pptx%20.pdf
[21] http://www.eahp.eu/content/leuven-event-bedside-scanning-background-papers
[22] https://www.eahp.eu/contact/info/eahp/eu