Image/Poster Caution: coloured medication and the colour blind. Citation Text: Cole BL, Harris RW. Caution: coloured medication and the colour blind. Lancet. 2009;374(9691):720. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60313-5. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL September 30, 2009 Cole BL, Harris RW. Lancet. 2009;374(9691):720. View more articles from the same authors. This piece illustrates how relying on color for identification and distinction of medications and containers could cause errors for patients with impaired color vision. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Cole BL, Harris RW. Caution: coloured medication and the colour blind. Lancet. 2009;374(9691):720. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60313-5. 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