First, an overview
Medical pharmaceutical industry is an industry of an error is not allowed. Hard to imagine that if patients take the wrong medicine, or certain drugs expired, spread of counterfeit drugs, some have used the medical waste is recycled by criminals, that human life will bring what kinds of threats and disasters. So, using high-tech means, medicine, patients, and discarded medical waste tracking and monitoring, is the artful use of barcode. We might as well in the form of case studies, from a variety of perspectives on the medical industry uses bar coding methods and key points for discussion.

Second, GOP applications
1, registration offices
When patients enter the hospital, why ID cards are registered, the system with its ID number generated "identity card", the card will be: ID card, ID card number, bar code, patient name, gender, date of birth, and other basic information.
For ensuring uniqueness and versatility of the bar code, set the ID number to bar code basis (if patients do not have identity cards, the system automatically generates a number different from the ID card number). As the patient within the hospital specific information changes often, bar code recommends the use of a barcode. "Identity card" thickening of the material can be of a more permanent PET, for long-term use.
Identity registration card a major role:
A, patients were registered for the first time after the personal information, when you come next time, do not need to enter again, raising registered processing speed;
B, patients after registration, in the hospital in the next available barcode identification and all of the activities recorded in the computer, after the easy call;
2, room
Patient to the doctor when the doctor, the doctor may use the Terminal is connected to a network, on a registration card with a bar code scanner to read the patient after barcode, query patients medical records and past inspection records.
When patients need when a biopsy, doctors after sampling, namely instant printed on a sticker on the specimen, labeled with patient name and barcode labelling, such a label would be more concise than the existing paper, and reduce the error rate. (In laboratory specimens using the same method. )
3, pricing and charging
Scanning in patients with registration cards, reading bar codes, fees and will confirm the information delivered to the laboratory or pharmacy.
4, the test section
After the laboratory received and test specimens, the patient barcode with a scanner to scan into the computer, first confirm that collection, and then automatically generated (containing patient information) enter test results on the test form, and print it out, because doctors can query test results on a networked computer, therefore in patients with single-supply reference, Office copy.
5, pharmacy
Pharmacies receiving Office to confirm billing information, start dispensing and indicated on sticker on the packaging of the drug with a good patient name and method of labelling (allowing patients to confirm, prevent errors), inform patients on the display after you finish dispensing medicine. Scan after reading the bar code information to confirm identity of patient registration card, send the drugs to patients to leave.
Three, hospital applications
Patients while in hospital procedures, such as an existing registration card presented to the Admissions Office, staff members just scan the bar code on the card to patient information to bring up the past, complete the patient information entered, having to repeat the input.
Simultaneously on patient bracelets imprinted with visible numbers and bar codes for easy identification and information enquiry.
Four, and surgical applications

Mainly used for patient identification.
In patients with operation on the stage, nurses scan barcodes in patients with and recognized by the computer, make it easier for patients with confirmed identity of the process are implemented, will not go awry.
The advantages of using barcodes within five, hospital management
1, and processing registered and the admitted Shi, patients information without repeat entered, improve processing speed; Pharmacy and operating room, patients identity can by computer instant confirmed, put an end to errors phenomenon; patients using "identity registration card", hospital can better of management medical records, doctor can more convenient of at any time check out, and can will patients of outpatient and the Hospital of past check information while pull up as reference; using ID card as registration,, easier and social security or other hospital outside of data system junction.
2, when the patient is admitted to treatment, registration office need only use scanners to get a medical card, do not need to enter by hand, thus ensuring the validity of data input, avoid caused by human error, and ease the work of registered personnel strength, increase their productivity, time savings for patients.
3, barcode is icing on the cake, instead of bread. Information construction of the medical industry itself has a certain basis, then launched a number of barcode items, will make management more orderly, hospitals will also be more efficient. However simple barcode applications without certain basis, is not possible to apply successfully. Because if the hospital or pharmacy know patients who, where, and so on, for a better service for patients not of any real use.
Therefore, for the hospital, and on the basis of the existing IT systems, to further develop and use even more important.