Open AccessEfficacy of contrasting background on a drug label: A prospective, randomized study
Author(s) -
Babita Gupta,
Shruti Gupta,
Saurabh Suri,
Kamran Farooque,
Naveen Yadav,
Mahesh C. Misra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.155154
Subject(s) - ampoule , randomization , medicine , vial , surgery , randomized controlled trial , chromatography , chemistry , organic chemistry
Medication error can occur due to fault at any level starting from manufacturing until the administration to the patient. It can be difficult to read the drug name and other information from an ampoule, if there is poor contrast between the font color and background of the ampoule. Primary aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the contrast color on the ampoule's label.