A final ruling on UDI implementation is expected this year, causing medical device manufacturers to hasten implementation of a UDI system. Some manufacturers, however, think that implementing a system for labeling and tracking medical devices will take longer than expected by the FDA. If you are a medical device manufacturer trying to figure out how […]
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McDonald’s and Sustainable Fisheries
I have to be honest here, I would never have imagined that I’d be sitting at my desk writing about sustainability in the food supply chain and including McDonald’s. But then, in one of my morning scans of Google News, I noticed that McDonald’s fish products (I had no idea that these even contained real […]
New Zebra 105SLPlus Printer
I must confess, Zebra’s 105SL model is so ancient that I tend to forget it is still in production – but it still is. From what the Zebra folk tell me, they still make it because there are a number of current users who really must get another one – amazing really! So finally, Big […]
New Year, New Trade-In Deals
Our good friends the label printer manufacturers often have trade-in deals, whether to encourage us resellers to promote their products or end users to buy them. One of the first to emerge for 2013 is the new Datamax-O’Neil deal for 2013. It is valid from now until the end of March and applies to just two models, the I-Class MkII and […]
Phlebotomist Labeling At The Bedside Reduces Errors
Most phlebotomists spend a great deal of their day on the move, from patient to patient. With each new patient comes a sample or a collection of specimens. The importance of labeling each one with the correct information that ties that sample to the correct patient, on a specific date/time, has no room for error. […]