Anesthesia

Medication errors are dangerous and unfortunately common in the healthcare industry. PDC Healthcare's Anesthesia Medication Tape and Labels help address errors caused by the use of unlabeled medications and other procedural breakdowns that can put patients at risk. Our Anesthesia Tape and Labels with pre-printed medication names and dosages help prevent confusion and misidentification errors resulting from illegible handwriting. PDC Healthcare offers four different versions of Anesthesia Labels and Tape to meet your facility needs.

• The first type includes the drug name and a blank space to fill-in the strength for drugs without date/time requirements.
• The second type includes the drug name, a blank space to fill-in the strength, and a space to write the date, time, and initials of the person preparing the medication.
• Our third type of labels includes the drug name, a pre-printed common strength, and prompts to enter the date, time and initials of the person preparing the medication.
• Our newest series of Anesthesia Medication Labels and Tape include the drug name in TALLman characters, a pre-printed common strength, and prompts to enter the quantity and volume of the solution, date the solution was prepared, expiration date and time, and the initials of the individual preparing the medication.

PDC Healthcare’s Anesthesia Medication Labels and Tapes are color-coded, following ASTM standards for the different drug classes such as Anticholinergic Agents, Hypotensive Agents, Induction Agents, Local Anesthetics, Major Tranquilizers, Narcotics, Tranquilizers, and Vasopressors and meet applicable National Patient Safety Goals of The Joint Commission. For more information, see our Patient Safety page.