The Communal Pharmacies Of Italy Chose Datalogic Heron™ Farma To Read Pharmaceutical Bar Codes

Admenta Italia Spa is the Italian holding company of the German Celesio AG, a European leader in retail and intermediate pharmaceutical distribution. Admenta Italia Spa manages 162 Communal Pharmacies in Emili, Romagna, Tuscany, and Lombardy.

In order to be tracked in the distribution channel, packages distributed by the National Health Service are labeled with a clear identification label composed of two bar codes: an A.I.C. code identifying the single pharmaceutical compound and another ministerial code carrying the progressive compound numbering. Prior to January 2005, it was sufficient to provide only the identifying compound bar code, but now, Italian pharmacies must have the capacity to read and track the ministerial bar code as well.

To comply with the tracking requirements, the Council Pharmacies, managed by Admenta, adopted a Datalogic Scanning solution using the Heron Farma handheld scanner.

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