Strength on IV label and epidural percent strength

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Mon, 04/12/2021 - 07:51

Sehrish Khalid

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Strength on IV label and epidural percent strength

Looking for recommendations on whether other institutions are mentioning strength of vial on the label itself?

If 2 different percent strength are being used , e.g as in epidural label we are using bupivacaine 0.25 and 0.5%, is this information shown on the label?

We encountered an error where nurse got confused with the strength so we asked JIS to remove this information and supported our decision with ISMP reference but unfortunately different percent strength has also been removed which calls for new label design. So I'm looking for best practices, if anyone willing to share more reference on this that would be very helpful.

Thank you.

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