Cardinal Health to Introduce Unit-Dose Barcoded Packaging for Liquid Oral Medications

US-based health care services company Cardinal Health will introduce a new unit-dose barcoded packaging for liquid medications that are taken orally and those that are presently not available in unit dose form.

The company will introduce this solution at the 46th Annual Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition for the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, which will be held in New Orleans. The company has developed this solution based on the recommendations and suggestions from pharmacy directors of hospitals across the US.

The dosage sizes range from 5-45 mm and include features such as a flat spoon to ensure the right amount of dosage is administered to the patient from the package directly, flat shape to enable convenient storage and dispense liquid oral medications, lesser number of reduced space symbology (RSS) barcodes to enable health providers to keep track of the NDC lot number and its expiry date, bold lettering to ensure that nurses are able to differentiate between products that sound or look similar and USP class standard packaging, which has an expiry date of up to 12 months.