Syringe drug labels: a French national survey

The French Society of Anaesthesiology (SFAR) recommends the use of pre printed self-stick syringe labels. However, French anaesthesia-syringe labelling customs is yet unknown. Therefore, a national phone survey was performed in order to investigate this issue. Forty-five percent of the answering cen...

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Published in:Annales françaises d'anesthésie et de réanimation 2008-05, Vol.27 (5), p.384-389
Main Authors: Levrat, Q, Troitzky, A, Levrat, V, Debaene, B
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Anesthetics
Color
Drug Labeling
France
Surveys and Questionnaires
Syringes
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Summary:The French Society of Anaesthesiology (SFAR) recommends the use of pre printed self-stick syringe labels. However, French anaesthesia-syringe labelling customs is yet unknown. Therefore, a national phone survey was performed in order to investigate this issue. Forty-five percent of the answering centers (324/722) used colour self-stick labels, with a larger proportion in public centers and a large regional variability. The kind of colour code differed from an area to another. Among centers using colour labels, the international recommended colour code was used in only 36% of them. The majority of health care providers declare to be favourable to the use of the colour self-stick labels and the standardization of the colour code as well. A relationship between the University hospital and the surrounded area has been observed for the use of the colour labels and the choice of the colour code. Colour labels are used in France by nearly half of the centers, but international colour code is less spread.
ISSN:1769-6623
DOI:10.1016/j.annfar.2008.04.003