US License Number in Lower Left Quadrant

[sjlevine]

The US Industry Consensus standard, v.2.0.0 (November, 2005) gives an FDA licensed facility the option of placing its US License Number in the Lower Left Product Code Quadrant (USICS, pp. 27, 29)?

The attractiveness of doing this is that, if a hospital or receiving facility performs additional modification to a licensed component, the relabeling of the component automatically covers up the license number.

Are any centers considering taking advantage of this option? Does anyone know of any downside to doing this?

Stephen J. Levine, MD

Information Services Medical Liaison

Oklahoma Blood Institute

[sjlevine]

It turns out that we are going with the US License in the Upper Left Quadrant. The reason for this is that the upper part of the label is easier to see when units are on the shelf, making the license number there easier to use in determining whether a product is selected for out-of-state shipment.

sjl