ISO 16791:2026

Health informatics — Requirements for international machine-readable coding of medicinal product package identifiers

Publication date:   Mar 20, 2026

General information

60.60   Standard published   Mar 20, 2026

ISO

ISO/TC 215/SC 2

International Standard

35.240.80   IT applications in health care technology

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Scope

This document provides requirements on identification and labelling of medicinal products from the point of manufacturing of packaged medicinal product to the point of dispensing the product.
This document outlines commonly accepted international practices for automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) barcoding solutions for applications and applies to manufacturers, distributors, healthcare facilities and all parties involved in labelling and distribution of packaged medicinal products. These users can, however, consider the coding interoperability requirements for other AIDC technologies, e.g. radio frequency identification (RFID); that technology is not addressed in this document except as for information.

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ISO 16791:2026
60.60 Standard published
Mar 20, 2026