Technology Update: FDA and drugmakers tout tags to foil counterfeits

The FDA has published a compliance policy guide for implementing feasibility studies and pilot programs for radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to deter counterfeiting and diversion. The agency has also created an internal RFID Workgroup to monitor the adoption of RFID technology in the prescription drug supply chain. (For more o­n RFID) Out with the old Wolters Kluwer Health has removed old medical abbreviations from its drug databases in order to comply with a new patient safety goal set by JCAHO. The drug information publisher has upgraded its Medi-Span product offering with a new component, the Supplemental Name file, in order to reduce Rx errors caused by dangerous abbreviations. For exampl' the former abbreviation for microgram could be confused with milligram' so the dangerous symbol for microgram has been replaced with the term "mcg." There's more information at www.medi-span.com/ or send an e-mail to Charles Conroy at conroy@drugfacts.com


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