The standards generally recommend that braille on pharmaceutical packaging is represented in full (grade 1) braille. Meaning that no contractions are used. Contracted (Grade 2) Braille Contracted (grade 2) braille uses a contracted system of … [Read more...]
Impact Report on Braille Standard for Medicine Packaging
On 24th July the RNIB Centre for Accessible information published the results of a telephone survey of 165 braille readers in the UK. The survey found that the implementation of the European Directive and European Standard for braille on … [Read more...]
European Standard leads to proposed International Standard for Braille on medicine packaging
EBU members have successfully influenced the development of the European Standard for Braille on medicinal products (EN 15823) which was published in European countries in 2010. More recently, this European Standard formed the basis of a draft … [Read more...]
EBU Braille Codes and Guidance now hosted by PharmaBraille
Since 2007, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has supported the European Blind Union (EBU) with the design and provision of a subscription-based pharmaceutical Braille code look-up website hosted on RNIB servers. This website was … [Read more...]
Optical inspection of Braille font height and shape
Small faults in the manufacture of Pharmaceutical cartons can have dangerous consequences. A Braille dot which is too small or not of sufficient height can cause confusing or incorrect medicine and dosage information. To eliminate faults packaging … [Read more...]