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The EAHP and EFPIA want all individual doses to carry a barcode, an addition they say will further reduce medication errors. The EAHP and EFPIA want all individual doses to carry a barcode, an addition they say will further reduce medication errors. Since 2019, barcodes have become required on prescription and certain over the counter (OTC) medicines sold within the European Union (EU). Credit: Photo Nature Travel/Shutterstock.com. Two European pharmaceutical trade associations have called for the wider application of barcodes to include individual dose identification. New guidance published on 7 September by the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and…
The EAHP and EFPIA want all individual doses to carry a barcode, an addition they say will further reduce medication errors.
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