Article: Zebra Technologies Supports the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Requirement for Bar Codes on Drugs and Blood Bags to Help Reduce Medical Errors and Save Lives; Zebra Technologies (Nasdaq: ZBRA), a Global Leader in Bar Code and RFID Technology, Offers Proven Solutions to Help Drug Manufacturers, Repackers, Suppliers and Distributors Comply with the FDA's New Bar Code Ruling.

On February 25, 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a final ruling requiring bar codes on the labels of human drugs and biological products such as blood and blood components. This final rule applies to most drug manufacturers, repackers, relabelers, private label distributors, and blood establishments, and is designed to help reduce medical errors in the hospital environment and ultimately save lives. At the same time, the ruling will help the healthcare industry to fully leverage and benefit from bar code technology much as the retail and consumer packaged good industries have done for years.

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