• AORN journal · Oct 2007

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study

    Medication safety: just a label away.

    • Jane Jennings and Jan Foster.
    • OR Surgical Services, The Woodlands Hospital, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
    • AORN J. 2007 Oct 1; 86 (4): 618-25.

    AbstractIn perioperative settings, medications are removed from manufacturers' identifying containers; therefore, scrub personnel should label medications placed on the sterile field. Compliance with medication labeling practices with the use of both blank and preprinted labels was tested in the OR at a Houston, Texas, hospital. Scrub personnel were more likely to label medications and medication-delivery devices when preprinted medication labels were provided. Data obtained from this project influenced the hospital's management team to supply preprinted labels for all procedures to improve safety for surgical patients.

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