Which bar code system?

Bar code is a well known Symbology within the family of AUTO ID Technologies.
Does Bar code still fulfill the requirements of the users applications for Health Care products, but also on documents or for patients? The Comparison of technologies will show, where Bar code stands today.

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Unit dose coding

Barcoding in the pharmaceutical profession

In (hospital) pharmacy the use of barcodes can be very profitable. The hospital pharmacy is an extensive logistic unit. All physical movements of drugs can be controlled by the use of barcodes. The integral use of barcodes on the wards in the 2 hospitals in Meppel and Hoogeveen saved 3 f.t.e.’s.

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Warehousing

Improvement of the logistic process

Novartis Pharma b.v. is the Dutch subsidiary of the Swiss based life sciences company Novartis, recently created out of the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz. Our Dutch company markets and sells speciality drugs to wholesalers, who at their turn sell to individual pharmacists.

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Blood products

The mission of BIS and why it needs barcoding

Bio Implant Services Foundation (BIS) intermediates between the donation and transplantation of tissues such as corneas, heart valves, bone and skin. When the physician in charge reports a possible donor, a medical history is taken with emphasis on risk factors for transmissible diseases.

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Dental care

Innovative logistics

It is now several years ago that the VDDI has finalized its pilot project on barcode systems with the clear proposal for the EHIBC system.

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