Health Industry Bar Code (HIBC), 'Supplier Labelling Standard'.

This is a voluntary standard developed by the Health Industry Business Communications Council, because the commonly used EAN-8 and EAN-13 codes could not meet the needs of the Health Industry for inclusion within the code of batch specific data. 

HIBC is referenced in EU Standards developed by CEN TC 225. 

Copies of the Standard are available in the USA from HIBCC and in Europe from EHIBCC. 

The HIBC Primary Data structure encodes the following data: 

HIBC System Identifier Character ------------------- '+'

Labeller Identifier Code (LIC) ------------------------ e.g. ' A123'

Labeller's Article, catalogue or 'REF' number ------ 1 to 13, alphanumeric characters

Unit of measure identifier (U/M) --------------------- '1' to '9', '0' indicates undefined

Modulus 43 Check Character ------------------------ single calculated check character 

The HIBC Secondary Data Structure is outlined below: 

HIBC System Identifier Character------------------- '+'

Quantity/Date field identifier-------------------------- 0, 1 or 2 characters

Optional two or five-digit quantity field------------- 0, 3 or 6 digits

Optional date/time field------------------------------- 0 to 9 digits

Lot/batch/serial number field------------------------ 0 to 13 digits

Link character----------------------------------------- same as Primary Check Character

Modulus 43 Check Character----------------------- single calculated check character

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