For many of us, pointing a device at an object and retrieving data about it has become part of our daily lives. The vast majority of our purchases will sport the ubiquitous barcode; an increasing ...

Beep! The barcode, that rectangle of thick and thin parallel lines seen on seemingly every grocery product, package, prescription bottle and piece of luggage is turning 50 years old. Almost as old is ...

When it comes to choosing the right barcode medication administration system, industry experts advise prospective customers to take a close look at what electronic medical record they select. "You ...

KARACHI, Pakistan – The drug regulator in Pakistan is putting its foot down to enforce its planned barcoding system to address the issues of counterfeit and overpriced drugs. "It's time to use ...

electronically scan the bar coding on her wristband. In an instant, licensed practical nurse Lisa Bigus can review Merrill’s medication information on a laptop computer screen. She sees what ...

A colour barcode system holding more data than current codes will find its way onto DVDs later this year. The four and eight-colour geometric patterns can hold up to two-pages of data, double the ...

Medical errors and adverse drug events which is estimated to impact up to 150,000 Canadians each year could be reduced by up to 63 percent by adopting GTINs and GLNs. Canada's healthcare system lags ...

Even as the government is firm on early implementation of the bar coding system for pharma packaging, the MSME sector has been seeking a further extension of deadline saying it is not fully equipped ...

I remember encountering the ugly black-and-white stripes of a barcode for the first time – defacing the front of my favorite magazine. Of course, Mad found a way of dealing with the UPC code by making ...