The
pharmaceutical industry needs machine-readable bar codes on
unit-of-dose-measured packages. The National Coordinating Council
for Medical Error Reporting and Prevention and other organizations
such as: AHA, NAHIT, ASHSP, Premier, Novation and Ameri-Net have
recommended that RSS bar codes be used also to encode the NDC, lot
number and expiration date on medications and over the counter
products. The FDA has already held hearings in order to formulate
guidelines to the pharmaceutical industry on application of RSS to
their products, and a guidance is expected in late
2003.
BTI works
with the Pharmaceutical packaging, regulatory, production and
business managers to provide the best bar code software and
hardware solutions to enable this industry to conform to potential
regulations, and to meet market challenges.
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more about the Abbott/UCC RSS Trial
