title: Technology. Beyond bar codes.
abstract: Just as the Food and Drug Administration orders the use of bar codes on most prescription drugs and blood products meant for transfusion, there is a push for an even more potent technology--radio frequency identification.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haugh
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000145:classification; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000145:classification; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000145:classification*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D011846:Radio Waves; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration