Color coding batched product for anesthesia

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Kara Thornton
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Color coding batched product for anesthesia

We have been batching syringes of dexmedetomidine and nitroglycerin for our OR. Anesthesia has expressed concern that these look identical (they do), and have asked for color coding. Have other people implemented colors for batched syringes?

If so, can you share your workflow and implementation processes?

Thanks,
Kara
UVA Health

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