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 ...

Since the government began requiring its suppliers to mark parts and assemblies with two-dimensional Data Matrix codes, the use of these codes has exploded even for products not destined for ...

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 ...

Flaunting one of the highest code-module resolutions available in its class, the ID version of the company’s popular Sharpshooter vision sensors reads a wide range of linear bar codes and 2D Data ...

Bristol-Myers Squibb has tapped auto-ID solutions provider Zetes for data matrix coding at a production facility in Agen, France. BMS now has 25 coding machines integrated into existing packaging ...

Bar codes everywhere and on practically everything. The bar code has been around for years and is a familiar sight to everyone. Nowadays we scan bar codes ourselves with the scanners at the ...