Conventonal bar codes such as Universal Product Codes (UPCs) have gained wide acceptance in applications ranging from checkout and inventory control in retail sales to tracking PCB serial numbers in ...

According to a research study published in BMJ Quality and Safety, medication errors can occur in 20 to 25% of dose administrations in the inpatient setting. That is an astounding number – and one ...

When creating any standard, certain “rules” apply. A standard must incorporate some features critical to every company that adopts it, but inevitably, every company will identify critical features ...

When nearly 20 years ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new rule 1 that pharmaceutical manufacturers must include a linear bar code on all immediate drug packages that included each ...

The retail and supply chain sectors are experiencing their most significant transformation since the barcode’s introduction in 1974. By December 31, 2027, businesses must ensure their point-of-sale ...

The DataMan 100V is a fixed-mount data matrix verifier that checks the quality of Data Matrix codes to ensure that only well-marked parts enter the manufacturing and supply chains. The DataMan 100V ...

Internal data collection suggested that approximately 60% of medications were without a bar code. [2] Therefore, we projected that 3 million medication doses would require repackaging or the addition ...