Retail Management Products, Ltd.

2478 Lackey Old State Rd
Delaware, OH 43015

Phone:1-800-572-2648
Fax: (740) 548-1745

"The issue of bar coding to avoid medication errors has been making headlines. The subject gained a lot of media attention in March of this year when the FDA announced that it would require bar codes on all medications. The FDA has put in place a 3-year plan to allow for pertinent organizations and pharmacies to start using bar-coding technology. A 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, suggested that up to 98,000 Americans die annually from medical mistakes; 7000 of those are attributed to prescription errors. An AmeriSourceBergen Index survey revealed that patients are just as concerned as health care professionals, and they support technology that could help reduce this serious problem."

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