Health devices
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In February, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its final ruling requiring that all drug and biological products sold to hospitals incorporate bar codes on their labels. ⋯ Right now only about a third of all medications are available in this form. Although this situation is likely to improve, hospitals wanting to take advantage of BPOC technology soon may need to do some drug repackaging themselves (or have it done by a third party), along with a lot of other groundwork. Widespread BPOC use may still be several years away, but the time to start preparing is now.