VA & DoD Health Systems To Institute NPSP Preferred Purchasing Guidelines
Executive Summary
The Veterans Affairs and Defense Departments are planning to use their combined buying power to shift manufacturers and marketers to more use of bar-coding, double-sided labeling on I.V. bags and unit of use packaging for both inpatients and outpatients.
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