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Systems and methods are provided for ensuring the quality and safety of medical supplies, medical parts and medical kits. Devices and methods for marking parts, supplies and kits of drug delivery devices and other medical systems with quality assurance information (16, 18) are provided. Various devices and methods are also provided for probing the time of use and for preventing the use or reuse of contaminated, defective items or unauthorized parts, supplies and kits. A quality assurance marker (QAM) is described that stores the ID and manufacturer information for disposable parts, supplies and kits. It utilizes several QAM formats such as 1D and 2D barcodes, 1D and 2D symbology, holograms, written characters, radio frequency identification devices (RFID), integrated chip smart cards, EEPROMs. [Selection] Figure 1 |