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M E D I C A T I O N
S A F E T Y
System
SAFE Label
™
The safety system no
OR should be without.
• Reduce errors • Increase safety
• Comply with labeling standards
Drug Name
Preparer
Diluent
2D
Barcode
Message
Dilution
Succinylcholine
200 mg/10 mL
4. DOUBLE TROUBLE This one should
(20 mg/mL)
Expires: 05/13/2013 15:42 Paralyzing Agent
Thomas W. Felton
By: BES
EPINEPHrine
Neostigmine
Preservative Free
Prepared: 05/12/2013 15:42
Expires: 05/13/2013 15:42
By: BES
(0.2 mg/mL)
Expires: 05/13/2013 15:42
Prepared: 05/12/2013 15:42
By: BES
Expires: 05/13/2013 15:42
Prepared: 05/12/2013 15:42
Propofol
D5W
PF
By: BES
Meperidine- Promethazine
25 mg/mL
10 mg/mL
Promethazine
Prepared: 05/12/2013 15:42
Expires: 05/13/2013 15:42
1 mg/mL
50 mg/250 mL
(1 mg/mL)
Expires: 05/13/2013 15:42
Prepared: 05/12/2013 15:42
Expires: 05/13/2013 15:42
Saline
By: BES
*DILUTION*
Nitroglycerin
10 mg/10 mL
make the hair on the back of your neck stand
up. Not only has the syringe been left in the
vial after being drawn, which should never
happen, the vial says Fentanyl and the syringe
is labeled Ultiva. The explanation given ("I
just put the wrong label on it, I know what it
is") doesn't come close to cutting it.
Preparation
Concentration
& Expiration
Date/Time
By: BES
25 mg/mL
25 mg/mL
MPF Free
By: BES
25 mg/mL
Heparin
50,000 Units/1,000 mL
(50 Units/mL)
Preservative Free
Expires: 05/13/2013 15:42 Normal Saline
By: BES
Bridgette K. Smithe
Labels incorporate all TJC and ASA
required elements
800.444.1198
www.codonics.com
Specifications subject to change, patent pending. Copyright © 2013
Codonics Inc. All rights reserved. 11/2013.
FDA cleared to market per 510(k) K101439, Class II.
D E C E M B E R 2013 | O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E
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