Recent news headlines have illustrated an entirely undesirable aspect of our industry. Auto-ID provides the underlying technology used by international couriers and freight transporters to enable senders of packages to follow their progress on-line.

Two dimensional PDF-417 and linear Code39 barcodes appearing on wristband labels detailing up to 2,000 characters of information on the patients wrist, helping protecting the patient from serious hazards of blood transfusion and incorrect drug doses.