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title: How Damage to Barcodes Affects Grading and Scannability
description: QTS Principal Project Engineer, Brian Nissen, shares with us how damage to Linear (1D) and Datamatrix (2D) barcodes can impact scannability and grading in the medical device supply chain.
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# [How Damage to Barcodes Affects Grading and Scannability](https://blog.cretexmedical.com/cretex-blog/how-damage-to-barcodes-affects-grading-and-scannability)

 Written by [Cretex Medical](https://blog.cretexmedical.com/cretex-blog/author/cretex-medical) | Jul 12, 2016 4:23:00 PM

QTS Principal Project Engineer, Brian Nissen, shares with us how damage to Linear (1D) and Datamatrix (2D) barcodes can impact scannability and grading in the medical device supply chain.

 

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