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Bar Codes Coming On Hospital Drugs

October 19, 2005 | 
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Inside hospital pharmacies, tiny bar codes just an eighth of an inch tall adorn the blister packs that hold single-pill doses of certain drugs, like Dilantin for seizures and Lipitor for cholesterol.

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