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TCOM: Tachygraphic Color Organized Medication label system; ADE: adverse drug event; NorTex: North Texas Primary Care Practice-Based ReseATCh Network; Anatomicalmical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System.
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Focus group results were used to modify the medication labeling system according to participant recommendations which were implemented prior to the second phase of the study.
The proposed medication symbol label system provides a promising adjunct to national efforts in addressing the issue of medication misuse in the home through the improvement of medication labeling.
Verification Booth: Results of previous ethnography revealed that nurses were interrupted 57% of the time while verifying medication label information against the CPOE system.
Pre-post medication identification test results show that the TCOM label system did in fact improve patients' ability to correctly identify their medications from a distance of two feet, and approached significance when placed directly in front of study participants.
Data were collated on knowledge of the purpose of medication labeling, barriers in current labeling systems, initial thoughts on the TCOM system, and potential barriers and benefits of the TCOM system.
Participants stated that a new symbol label system would be beneficial and appreciated the idea of an additional aid incorporated with existing medication labels because it would not be necessary to learn a completely new system of labeling.
Medication label design is frequently a contributing factor to medication errors.
Fig. 3 PatientsLikeMe nausea rates versus medication label nausea rates.
Our review also found that nausea rates reported on PLM were much lower than those reported in medication labels for the medications tacrolimus (PLM – 1.9%; medication label – 38.5%), mycophenolate mofetil (PLM rate – 9.7%; medication label – 54%), and cyclosporine (PLM rate – 6.9%; medication label – 14%) which are typically taken after organ transplantation to prevent rejection.
The reporting ratio of PLM nausea rates to medication label nausea rates was defined for all treatments with non-zero medication label nausea rates.
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