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Blockchain-Based Infrastructure for Product Traceability in the Medical Supply Chain

Blockchain-Based Infrastructure for Product Traceability in the Medical Supply Chain

Tan Gürpinar, Sk. Riad Bin Ashraf, Natalia Broza-Abut, Dominik Sparer
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781799896067|ISBN10: 1799896064|EISBN13: 9781799896074
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9606-7.ch006
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MLA

Gürpinar, Tan, et al. "Blockchain-Based Infrastructure for Product Traceability in the Medical Supply Chain." Prospects of Blockchain Technology for Accelerating Scientific Advancement in Healthcare, edited by Malaya Dutta Borah, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 119-134. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9606-7.ch006

APA

Gürpinar, T., Ashraf, S. R., Broza-Abut, N., & Sparer, D. (2022). Blockchain-Based Infrastructure for Product Traceability in the Medical Supply Chain. In M. Borah, P. Zhang, & G. Deka (Eds.), Prospects of Blockchain Technology for Accelerating Scientific Advancement in Healthcare (pp. 119-134). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9606-7.ch006

Chicago

Gürpinar, Tan, et al. "Blockchain-Based Infrastructure for Product Traceability in the Medical Supply Chain." In Prospects of Blockchain Technology for Accelerating Scientific Advancement in Healthcare, edited by Malaya Dutta Borah, Peng Zhang, and Ganesh Chandra Deka, 119-134. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9606-7.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter introduces a blockchain-based infrastructure to support the traceability of medical products and implementation of unique device identification. Therefore, in the next pages, the characteristics of blockchain technology as well as benefits and challenges in supply chain management are described. After that, regulations for medical supply chains are gathered with a focus on American and European regulations and interlinked with the current concepts of the labling medical products. Finally, a technical blockchain-based solution is conceptualized with regard to full and light node system in medical supply chains before the chapter is concluded with an outlook and further scientific and technical research possibilities.

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