This National Standard for User-applied Labelling of Injectable Medicines, Fluids and Lines (the Labelling Standard) has been developed as a national solution to the risks posed by erroneous administration of injectable medicines” Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (2015).
Extract:
“Incomplete or inaccurate labelling of injectable medicines and fluids (and the devices used to deliver them) is a recognised risk to the safe administration of medicines and is potentially preventable. Improved labelling can reduce the risk of error and harm by safely communicating the contents of injectable medicines containers and the patients for whom they are intended. One way of ensuring accurate communication of injectable medicines and fluids information is by standardised user-applied labelling. This National Standard for User-applied Labelling
of Injectable Medicines, Fluids and Lines (the Labelling Standard) has been developed as a national solution to the risks posed by erroneous administration of injectable medicines. It replaces the 2012 National Recommendations for User- applied Labelling of Injectable Medicines, Fluids and Lines (the Labelling Recommendations)”.
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Reference:
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. National Standard for User-applied Labelling of Injectable Medicines, Fluids and Lines. Sydney: ACSQHC, 2015.