2 Scope of the Labelling Standard The purpose of the Labelling Standard is to improve patient safety. labelling of injectable medicines and fluids by the user at the point of delivery should help to reduce the risk of medicine administration errors. 2.1 Inclusions The Labelling Standard sets out the requirements for user-applied labelling of: containers for injectable medicines and fluids (bags, bottles and syringes) in which the medicine can no longer be identified by its original packaging conduits (administration lines, invasive monitoring lines, catheters and burettes) that are used to deliver injectable medicines and fluids non-injectable fluids that can no longer be identified by their original packaging, including topical solutions, and oral and inhalational liquids. The Labelling Standard identifies: what should be labelled what should be included on the label where the label should be placed where the Labelling Standard applies. Figure 1 shows examples of injectable medicines, containers and conduits that require applied labelling. Figure 1 Examples of containers and conduits for injectable medicines that require applied labelling The Labelling Standard applies to: all health services where injectable medicines and fluids are administered. These include, but are not limited to, hospitals (including day procedure units), primary care services (such as ambulance services) and community health services (such as immunisation clinics) all clinical areas where injectable medicines and fluids are administered all injectable medicines and fluids prepared in the ward or clinical area, including perioperative injectable medicines, defined as any sterile medicine intended for administration by bolus injection, perfusion or infusion by the following routes: intravenous, intramuscular, intrathecal, intra-arterial, subcutaneous, intradermal, intraventricular, epidural, intravesicular, intravitreal, intrapleural and intra-ocular (46). This list is not exhaustive, and other routes of injection should also be considered in the context of the
2 Scope of the Labelling Standard The purpose of the Labelling Standard is to improve patient safety. labelling of injectable medicines and fluids by the user at the point of delivery should help to reduce the risk of medicine administration errors. 2.1 Inclusions The Labelling Standard sets out the requirements for user-applied labelling of: containers for injectable medicines and fluids (bags, bottles and syringes) in which the medicine can no longer be identified by its original packaging conduits (administration lines, invasive monitoring lines, catheters and burettes) that are used to deliver injectable medicines and fluids non-injectable fluids that can no longer be identified by their original packaging, including topical solutions, and oral and inhalational liquids. The Labelling Standard identifies: what should be labelled what should be included on the label where the label should be placed where the Labelling Standard applies. Figure 1 shows examples of injectable medicines, containers and conduits that require labelling. Figure 1 Examples of containers and conduits for injectable medicines that require labelling The Labelling Standard applies to: all health services where injectable medicines and fluids are administered. These include, but are not limited to, hospitals (including day procedure units), primary care services (such as ambulance services) and community health services (such as immunisation clinics) all clinical areas where injectable medicines and fluids are administered all injectable medicines and fluids prepared in the ward or clinical area, including perioperative injectable medicines, defined as any sterile medicine intended for administration by bolus injection, perfusion or infusion by the following routes: intravenous, intramuscular, intrathecal, intra-arterial, subcutaneous, intradermal, intraventricular, epidural, intravesicular, intravitreal, intrapleural and intra-ocular (46). This list is not exhaustive, and other routes of injection should also be considered in the context of the applied applied
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