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Standard Practice to Enhance Identification of Drug Names on Labels
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Scope
1.1 This practice covers the shape, size, color, layout, typeface, and barcoding on drug container labels intended for prescription product packaging such as might be used in hospitals, pharmacies, and nursing centers.
1.1.1 This practice does not apply to bulk product shipping containers; in-process transfer containers; or primary, secondary, or tertiary finished goods containers.
1.2 This practice does not apply to over-the-counter drug product labeling.
1.3 This practice does not apply to retail product labeling.
Keywords
color contrasts; labeling; labels; legibility; ICS Number Code 11.120.10 (Medicaments); 35.040 (Character sets and information coding)
To find similar documents by ASTM Volume:
15.10 (Packaging; Flexible Barrier Packaging)
To find similar documents by classification:
11.120.10 (Medicaments Including medical prescriptions and medicinal herbs)
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Document Number
ASTM-D6398-01e1
Revision Level
2001(E1) EDITION
Status
Superseded
Publication Date
Aug. 1, 2001
Document Type
Practice
Page Count
3 pages
Committee Number
D10.32