DCB1077: AIDC for Patient Identification

Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) for Patient Identification defines how to encode the NHS approved patient identifiers into the GS1 DataMatrix barcode (a two-dimensional barcode) and covers production, verification and printing rules for the barcode.

This standard supports the accurate, timely and safer identification of NHS patients in England, by using barcodes for positive patient identification.

The standard uses ISB 0099: Patient Identifiers for Identity Bands and the GS1 System of Standards for code numbering and barcoding, which is outlined in ISB 0108: AIDC: Automatic Identification and Data Capture.

This information standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. An Information Standards Notice (see below) provides an overview of scope and implementation timescales, and the Specification and Implementation Guidance Documents provide further detail for those who have to implement the information standard.

Update 12 November 2021: Corrections have been made to a number of broken hyperlinks in the documentation for Amd 67/2018. The updated Requirements Specification and Change Specification are available in the release table above. 

Note that there are no changes to the content of the standard and the documents retain their original versioning and publication dates.