ISO/TS 16791:2020

Health informatics — Requirements for international machine-readable coding of medicinal product package identifiers ISO/TS 16791:2020

General information

90.60 Close of review   Dec 3, 2023

ISO

ISO/TC 215 Health informatics

Technical Specification

35.240.80   IT applications in health care technology

Scope

This document provides guidelines on identification and labelling of medicinal products from the point of manufacture of packaged medicinal product to the point of dispensing the product.
This document outlines best practice for AIDC barcoding solutions for applications. Users can, however, consider the coding interoperability requirements for other AIDC technologies, e.g. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
ISO/TS 16791:2014

NOW

PUBLISHED
ISO/TS 16791:2020
90.60 Close of review
Dec 3, 2023