Case Study: The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust achieves GS1-compliant patient wristband safety and cost savings with Dakota Integrated Solutions

Dakota deploys patient wristbands fully compliant with GS1 Standards

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, sought a cost-effective and fully GS1-compliant patient wristband solution to improve safety and meet national standards. The trust engaged vendor Dakota Integrated Solutions to replace its aging hardware and implement a new system, aiming to move away from handwritten bands and achieve compliance it had been struggling with for months.

Dakota Integrated Solutions deployed a solution utilizing Zebra HC100 wristband printers and Z-Band UltraSoft consumables, integrated with the trust's patient administration system. This provided a fully GS1-compliant format with a scannable 2D barcode. The implementation delivered substantial cost savings on both the hardware refresh and ongoing consumables, enhanced patient comfort with a superior wristband, and required minimal internal IT resources.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Chris Slater

Head of Procurement and Supplies