Press archive 2021

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  • 13.12.2021

    BSI: Critical vulnerability in log4j disclosed (CVE-2021-44228)

    The security flaw in Java Logging log4j is currently making headlines and causing uncertainty. Log4j is a popular logging library for Java applications. Its function is the high-performance aggregation of an application’s logging data.

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  • 02.12.2021

    Mediaform donates to the Children’s UKE

    “Donate instead of sending Christmas cards” – the Mediaform company group is continuing its Christmas campaign again this year. Jörg Weber, General Manager of the Mediaform group of companies, says: “In an era of increasing digitalisation, we consciously decided not to send any printed Christmas cards, but to use the money to support a charitable cause.”

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  • 28.10.2021

    Photo stake labels made from stone paper for the Green Sector

    Sustainability is an important purchasing criterion for many consumers nowadays. Therefore points are scored, especially in the green sector, by resource-conserving product identification labels that communicate responsible treatment of the environment. This is why Güse GmbH has enlarged its portfolio again in the area of sustainable labelling solutions – und now offers robust, durable photo stake labels produced from stone paper as well as labels made from renewable raw materials.

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  • 06.10.2021

    Medical identification labelling belongs in expert hands

    In clinics, pharmacies, blood banks, laboratories and pathology labs, an incorrect, defective, unreadable or missing identification label can have fatal consequences. The interruption of routine procedures and the cost resulting from relabelling or a repeat request for sample material must also not be underestimated.

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  • 27.08.2021

    All under control – mobile data capture with Mediaform

    Mediaform has added another product group to expand its portfolio. A powerful range of highly-functional handheld MDC terminals produced by Datalogic, Honeywell, Unitech and Zebra and using the Android operating system has been available online in the modern web-shop since September 2021. Mediaform is a full-range provider of data capture, labelling, identification and documentation solutions, and gives advice about product choice while also offering manufacturer’s smart service packages for sustained high system reliability.

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  • 08.07.2021

    Wide range of top-quality cryo-labels

    The “Guideline for cryopreserving egg and semen cells or germ cell tissue and corresponding medical procedures on account of germ-cell-damaging therapy” came into force in February 2021. By introducing cryopreservation, the legislator gives men and women who are affected the opportunity finally to fulfil a wish for children, and to be able to bill the corresponding services from 1st July 2021 onwards.

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  • 30.06.2021

    The Charité Hospital’s intensive care wards use Praxikett medication software throughout the clinic

    Mediaform’s Praxikett software has been used to print medicine labels in all the intensive care wards at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Hospital, Berlin, since early 2021. The Charité is Germany’s biggest university clinic and one of the first to work using a very large number of licences. But reaching that point was a long journey…

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  • 26.05.2021

    KBV update of the EDMPS as of July 1, 2021

    According to the German National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), the new Disease Management Program (DMP) Osteoporosis adopted by the Federal Joint Committee in 2020 will enter into force on July 1, 2021. Likewise, the update of the DMP Diabetes mellitus Type 1 & 2 comes into force.

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  • 03.05.2021

    State Premier Daniel Günther visits Mediaform

    At Mediaform in Reinbek on 30 April 2021, Daniel Günther, Minister-President of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, was comprehensively briefed on the company and its system-relevant product solutions for the healthcare sector. The delegation’s visit lasted about one and a half hours, and was rounded off with presentations, technical discussions and a factory tour.

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  • 21.04.2021

    For an effective point of sale appearance

    Must your labels draw attention specifically to the product – and are their materials, motif and colouring intended to arouse particular associations in consumers’ minds? Or do you want to attract notice by using colourful stickers and spontaneous sales campaigns or additional channels of communication?

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  • 22.03.2021

    KBV changes laboratory order forms OEGD with immediate effect

    The German National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) informed that the order for the public health service (OEGD) has been updated.

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  • 24.02.2021

    Use GUID labels to retrieve diagnostic findings securely and easily via a QR scan

    Read-out errors occurred in laboratories in the past few months when using GUID Codes on blank forms of the 10C and OEGE type to retrieve findings. In response to requests by various laboratory customers, Mediaform has developed GUID label sets that both solve the readability problem and, in the long term, also enable data-protection-compliant findings transfer for other diagnostic findings.

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  • 13.01.2021

    Mediaform identification labelling solution in use at Hamburg vaccination centre

    Germany’s biggest Corona vaccination centre began work in Hamburg’s exhibition halls on 5 January. For identification labelling, the Hamburg Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, which is responsible for the vaccination centre’s operational procedures, relies on Mediaform’s safe, secure Covid-19 Vaccine Vial and Syringe Identification Labelling and Documentation. The joint project by Friedrich Karl Schroeder GmbH & Co. KG, alanta health service GmbH and Mediaform Informationssysteme GmbH is a real success story, because it allows up to 7,000 patients to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in 64 treatment rooms there every day.

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  • 12.01.2021

    Plant-based loop labels for the green industry

    Reinbek, 12 January 2021. They are environmentally friendly and attractive, but still highly functional: the new Eco-Loop labels made from 100% organically-based material have the potential to become one of the top sellers in the Güse GmbH product range. Because these hard-wearing thermal transfer labels consist of sugar cane residues together with other natural materials, they are therefore particularly resource-friendly. At the same time, customers have no need to give up the customary convenience and materials properties.

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