GTIN (Global Trade Item Number)
Data and Interoperability
Definition
A GTIN, or Global Trade Item Number, is the GS1 unique identifier for a product. Every individual product variant is assigned its own GTIN, encoded in a barcode, allowing it to be identified consistently across manufacturers, distributors and hospitals.
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