The Design of Unified Bar Code for Drugs in China
- VernacularTitle:我国统一药品条形码的设计
- Author:
Yongfu PENG
;
Peiyuan XIA
;
Songqing LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
bar code for drug;
drug code;
drug management
- From:
China Pharmacy
2001;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To design chinese unified bar code for drugs(BCD)with uniqueness and permenancy.METHO_ DS:Based on analysis of the status and problems of BCD used at present in China,the method and principle to standardize BCD were brought forward.RESULTS:The statistics indicated that most of the prescription drugs have no BCD labelled on the package and there is no unified drug identifying criterion adopted by pharmaceutical manufactures,therefore the depart?ment concerned should draw up unified BCD in China.CONCLUSION:Chinese unified BCD would be beneficial to scientific management of drugs and to ensure the safety of drug use.
