21. HDA – Healthcare Distribution Alliance
An association in America representing healthcare distributors who are responsible for medicines and healthcare products
22. HIN – Health Industry Number
A unique identifier used to standardize and catalogue hospitals, providers, suppliers, and all other businesses in the supply chain
23. HRI – Human Readable Interpretation
The characters below, beside or above a barcode. They can be used to also manually enter or process barcoded data
24. IQ – Installation Qualification
It verifies if a system is properly installed, configured, the documentation is correct and the procedures are approved
25. LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
An industry standard application protocol that’s used for accessing and maintaining directory information services
26. LMS – Line Management System
A system that manages the production line and back-office operations (ERP)
27. MAH – Marketing Authorization Holder
The company or license holder that has the authorization to market a medicine or product
28. MES – Manufacturing Execution System
A system used in manufacturing to document and track the change from raw materials to finished products
29. NDC – National Drug Code
A unique three-segment number used in America for drug products to identify and report. They’re used as a universal product identifier for human drugs
30. NEDL – National Essential Drug List
A list of medicines that satisfies a bulk of the population’s healthcare needs
31. NTIN – National Trade Item Number
Used for trade items via unique identification across the world. It includes country and company prefix, the company’s own product reference and a check digit
32. OEE – Overall Equipment Effectiveness
Measures and identifies the percentage of planned production time that is 100% productive – includes metrics for quality, efficiency and zero downtime
33. OQ – Operational Qualification
Performed after meeting all IQ protocols, it’s meant to determine all equipment and processes are performing as per the user and manufacturing requirements
34. PEDL – Provincial Essential Drug List
Like NEDL, it’s a list of medicines that satisfies a bulk of a country’s population’s healthcare needs
35. PQ – Performance Qualification
A series of tests used to verify whether a system, equipment process performs as expected, consistently under simulated real-world conditions
36. RFID – Radio Frequency Identification
A wireless system comprising of two components: tags and readers. It uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags associated with a product
37. SAN – Storage Area Network
A specialized network that’s high-speed and it provides block-level network access to storage
38. SCAC – Standard Carrier Alpha Code
A code used in the US to identify transport and vessel operating common carriers
39. SDB – Serialization Database
A system used for Level 4 Serialization
40. sFTP – Secure File Transfer Protocol
A file protocol for transferring large files online over a secure network
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