Help comply with JCAHO's national patient safety goal #3 - identify and annually review a list of high alert medications to help prevent errors involving the interchange of these drugs
Serves as a safety step for workers! If medication is in a bag the worker has to read and open to retrieve medication
Great way to separate medications with similar packaging that causes medication errors
Colored borders allow workers to associate a certain color with an instruction, reducing the confusion when administering meds
Pre-printed messages and colors eliminate the need to write messages or apply colored labels
