ISO/CD 16791

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

General information

Current stage: 30.99 CD approved for registration as DIS Jun 20, 2024

Originator: ISO

Owner: ISO/TC 215 Health informatics

Type: International Standard

ICS: 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

PUBLISHED
ISO/TS 16791:2020

NOW

IN_DEVELOPMENT
ISO/CD 16791
30.99 CD approved for registration as DIS
Jun 20, 2024