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Syringe labelling in critical care areas
Author(s) -
Souter A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.32672.x
Subject(s) - medicine , labelling , confusion , syringe , medical emergency , psychiatry , psychology , criminology , sociology , psychoanalysis
Since the new standard for syringe labelling was introduced in May 2003 1 , it has become apparent that a number of changes need to be made. These changes are to bring the standard in line with the change from British Approved Names (BANs) to recommended International Non-Propriety Names (rINNs) 2 , and also to bring the standard in line with the Australian/New Zealand Standard 3 . The changes are as follows: