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by the E-Commerce Directorate, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency, a report explores the different options for product codification using automatic identifiers. It comes to the conclusion that "NHS PASA recommend that all products being supplied to the English NHS should be identified using a bar code, which should preferably be the EAN.UCC."
The document is followed by a usefull glossary. See the press release.
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