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What are prescription container labels?
What are the universal standards on medication labels generated by pharmacies as proposed by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) to reduce drug misuse? How will this help promote health literacy?
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Prescription label consistency has been an on-going issue amongst the drug companies and healthcare providers. The newest label proposals include a more specific color coding of dangerous medications to make sure they are can easily be identified. Things such as Heparin, one of the big concerns, come in many different doses and the labels were so similar it was easy to mix up the concentration levels.
The other main concern is the size of the dosage numbers on a label. The US Pharmacopeial Convention is attempting to determine a specific size and placement of the typeface on all medical labels. This should allow users and providers to quickly to be able to determine the dosage of the medication inside the bottle. By streamlining this process, the pharmacists believe they can help reduce medication errors by making the standard universal.
The other main concern is the size of the dosage numbers on a label. The US Pharmacopeial Convention is attempting to determine a specific size and placement of the typeface on all medical labels. This should allow users and providers to quickly to be able to determine the dosage of the medication inside the bottle. By streamlining this process, the pharmacists believe they can help reduce medication errors by making the standard universal.
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