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AIDC for Patient Identification Data Set
The purpose of the Automatic Identification and Data Capture for Patient Identification Data Set is to support the accurate, timely and, therefore, safer identification of NHS PATIENTS in England, by encoding the key PATIENT identifiers into a GS1 DataMatrix 2D barcode which is printed on the PATIENT identity band.
National Joint Registry Data Set