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Hi,
In our medication safety meeting today, the nurses were talking about how hard it can be to tell different patches apart, or even to see the patches.
For example, if a patient is on a nicotine patch and a fentanyl patch and they look alike, how do we avoid ending up with two fentanyl patches and no nicotine patches?
Have any of you come up with strategies to label the patches upon application?
How can we make a clear or flesh-colored patch more visible?
Thank you,
Dan