A - Human Necessities – 61 – J
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
J
A61J 1/14 (2006.01) A61J 1/18 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2534596
Human errors during the administration of medications to patients results in a number of accidents that can be attributed to not having a systematic method for verifying the contents of secondary containers used for storing and administering medications. Some embodiments of the invention provide an electronically-aided systems and methods for validating the contents of a secondary container after a medication has been transferred from a primary container to the secondary container and before the medication is administered to a patient. In accordance with some aspects of the invention, labels for secondary containers are provided. These labels are referred to as User Applied Medication Labels (UAML) and these labels are different from conventions medication vial labels because they are applied by health care professionals onto secondary containers. In some embodiments the UAML include machine readable information corresponding to the machine-readable information on the labels on primary containers supplied by the pharmaceutical companies.
Bereskin & Parr Llp/s.e.n.c.r.l.,s.r.l.
Rmac Surgical Inc.
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