The Turkish Pharmaceutical Track
and Trace System
*(abbreviated as ITS) defines the infrastructure
constructed to track and trace all units belonging to each pharmaceutical
product in Turkey. ITS is the application of the well-known Track
& Trace structure applied to the pharmaceutical industry.
The serialization providing the uniqueness of the units is ensured
by the DataMatrix code instead of formerly used barcode. The ability
to track each drug unit is provided by gathering the information
of each unit in every single step and action; and traceability is
provided by its pedigree.
ITS is the first successful and unique application of Pharmaceutical
Track and Trace System in the world. ITS is designed to track
the location of every drug unit to ensure the reliable supply of
drugs to patients. Therefore, all the drugs on the market are traced
by notifications in all phases from production to consumption. Thus;
the sale of fraudulent drugs, drug theft and barcode scams are prevented.
In addition, if required, drugs can easily be recalled due to traceability
of stocks.
*The primary objective of ITS, is to guarantee and provide the reliable
supply of every single drug unit. With ITS drugs are taken under
the tracking of the Ministry of Health from production to consumption,
moreover in case of any problem the situation is intervened in with
transactions like recalling the drugs.
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