Bar Coding

Hospital Unit Dose bar coding has come a long way--but not all the way.

As industry awaits FDA�s final bar coding rule, PMP News takes a look at what pharmaceutical companies have done�and what they still need to do�to bar code their products down to the unit-dose level.

The authors of last year's look at bar codes, "The Future of Bar Codes" in the March 2001 issue of PMP News, return to offer a little history and further perspective.