In the Pharmacy
Overview
No matter where medications are in the hospital, they are the responsibility of pharmacy. Safe Label System helps bring pharmacy oversight to the fingertips of anyone preparing medications, anywhere they are prepared – and so much more.
What is Safe Label System
Codonics Safe Label System (SLS) utilizes barcode technology to read information from a drug container and electronically verify it against the pharmacy-approved drug database. When a drug is scanned on SLS, the clinician is immediately presented with audible and visual identification of the drug name and concentration in hand, providing an electronic “double-check” to ensure the medication that was selected is the intended medication. Prompts and pre-configured selection of diluents, total dose/total volume, and standard and non-standard concentrations are presented to the clinician to ensure safe, consistent preparations, fully compliant to JCI, USP, ASTM, ISO, ISMP and APSF standards. The system then automatically prints a fully compliant, easy-to-read, full-color label, eliminating the need for handwriting and ensuring safety and accuracy. Every prepared medication label contains a barcode for integration with your AIMS (Anesthesia Information Management System) or EHR/CPOE at administration.
How Safe Label System Benefits Pharmacy
Codonics Safe Label System (SLS) helps reduce the use of costly prefilled syringes by empowering users to prepare medications in the pharmacy. SLS enables medications to be prepared and compliantly labeled in small or large batches and sent up to the floors, and integrates with RIVA robots to improve syringe labeling to meet compliance requirements for use in the perioperative environment. Every label produced by SLS includes the drug name, concentration, date and time of preparation, date and time of expiration, the preparer’s initials, any warnings about the drug and a barcode. This barcode can be scanned at the bedside for BCMA and integration with the patient’s EHR, and helps pharmacy with billing and documentation accuracy.
