Pharmacy label color to identify high alert populations

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Joanie Cook
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Pharmacy label color to identify high alert populations

Curious if anyone uses a color printer for pharmacy labels to help identify high risk populations? Was thiking that a pink banner or border could help differentiate adult vs NICU/Peds. Tried to find literature to support this practice to reduce medication errors but didn't come up with anything. Thoughts? Thanks!