The characteristics of the barcode of pharmaceutical products
The barcode of pharmaceutical products is the general term of the unified pharmaceutical product code and barcode symbol representation in the circulation process of pharmaceutical products, which has the following characteristics.
1) Scientific. -- Medical product identification code has fixed length, precise structure, hierarchical management, strong operability and scientific nature.
2) Global uniformity. -- The unified barcode of pharmaceutical products and the internationally used article identification system (EAN/UCC system), whose management is incorporated into the article identification code system, which has global unity. As a special commodity, medical products have been included in the EAN/UCC system.
3) Coding uniqueness. - pharmaceutical product identification code USES the international EAN/UCC system structure, two pieces segment assigned code (i.e., prefix code identification code and medical products, manufacturers, organized by the international goods coding respectively, as well as article numbering center of China pharmaceutical products distribution management), uniform application, ensure pharmaceutical product identification code encoding and uniqueness of all over the country.
4) Information sharing. -- The barcode system for pharmaceutical products is based on the internationally accepted signage code with no meaning. It is a common language and key word for information exchange in each link of pharmaceutical product circulation, and has the property of information sharing.
5) Automatic identification. -- The barcode of medical products has a standardized and universal barcode symbol representation, realizing the automatic identification of the code of medical products.
6) Completeness. -- The barcode for pharmaceutical products also refuses to use the label validity period, batch number and other attribute information necessary for the circulation of pharmaceutical products, and the barcode identification scheme is complete.