Use of colour-coded labels for intravenous high-risk medications and lines to improve patient safety.

N Porat; Y Bitan; D Shefi; Y Donchin; H Rozenbaum

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Use of colour-coded labels for intravenous high-risk medications and lines to improve patient safety.

January 6, 2010

Porat N, Bitan Y, Shefi D, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18(6):505-9.

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Specific labels for high-risk intravenous medications successfully reduced medication errors and allowed nurses to identify medications more efficiently.

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