▁and ▁are ▁commonly ▁used ▁on ▁ID ▁cards , ▁credit ▁cards , ▁pack aging , ▁and ▁products ▁from ▁CD s ▁to ▁electron ics ▁to ▁cl othing . ▁Ant im icro b ial ▁labels . ▁With ▁the ▁growth ▁in ▁hospital ▁acquired ▁in fe ctions ▁such ▁as ▁MR SA ▁and ▁E - Col i ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁ant im icro b ial ▁labels ▁in ▁in fection ▁sensitive ▁areas ▁of ▁hosp it als ▁are ▁helping ▁in ▁comb ating ▁these ▁types ▁of ▁micro bes . ▁F old - out ▁labels , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁book let , ▁multi - page ▁or ▁extended ▁labels , ▁or ▁l able ts ▁( comb ined ▁label ▁+ ▁leaf let ). ▁Where ▁the ▁pack ▁is ▁not ▁large ▁enough ▁for ▁a ▁single ▁label ▁to ▁carry ▁all ▁the ▁required ▁information , ▁fol d - out ▁labels ▁are ▁often ▁preferred ▁to ▁separate ▁leaf lets , ▁which ▁can ▁easily ▁be ▁lost . ▁These ▁labels ▁are ▁frequently ▁seen ▁on ▁agricult ural ▁chemical s ▁and ▁consumer ▁ph arma ce ut ical s . ▁Bar code ▁labels ▁A ▁large ▁proportion ▁of ▁labels ▁produced ▁today ▁carry ▁bar codes , ▁either ▁for ▁product ▁identification , ▁for ▁trace ability ▁in ▁items ▁such ▁as ▁fre ight ▁packages , ▁and ▁on ▁items ▁requiring ▁brand ▁authentication ▁and ▁protection . ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁different ▁formats ▁of ▁bar codes ▁found ▁on ▁labels , ▁but ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁commonly ▁distributed ▁formats ▁is ▁the ▁International ▁Article ▁Number ▁( E AN ). ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁code ▁used ▁to ▁identify ▁ret ail ▁products ▁world wide , ▁and ▁is ▁found ▁on ▁almost