Abstract:
A pharmaceutical label for placement on a medicinal container, the pharmaceutical label includes an elongated label having a front face with an adhesive backing. The elongated label is formed from a continuous strip with substantially planar surfaces. The label has a first portion affixed by the adhesive around substantially an entire perimeter of the container. The first portion has a first front face portion, facing outward from the container. The label has a second portion. The second portion has a border with the first portion. The second portion projects from the container in close proximity to the border and the second portion has a second front face portion. The first front face portion and the second front face portion have information thereon.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    This application claims the benefits of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 11/050,337 filed Aug. 28, 2003, entitled VERIFICATION OF PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION AND WARNING LABEL, which claims the benefit of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 10/297,262 filed Dec. 3, 2002, which claims the benefit of PCT/US2001/018713 filed Jun. 8, 2001, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional application No. 60/210,321, filed on Jun. 8, 2000, entitled VISUALLY ACCURATE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION LABEL. 
     
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    In the pharmaceutical industry, medicines and drugs are dispensed by a pharmacist to consumers. Typically, these medicines and drugs are made by a manufacturer. A physician generally writes a prescription to the patient/consumer who takes the prescription to the patient&#39;s pharmacist where the prescription is filled. 
         [0003]    This invention is primarily directed to those medicines and drugs that are ingestible, that are dispensed in a pill and tablet form, or a liquid. Generally, pills and tablets come in a myriad of shapes and colors, some with markings thereon from the manufacturer, and liquids also come in colors. These markings represent information and may include numbers, letters, color and other indicia, etc. 
         [0004]    Additionally, at the time of filling the prescription additional information is provided to the patient/consumer regarding information, warnings and directions regarding use of and taking of the prescribed medicine (hereinafter information). It is desirable to attach this information to the container for the medication for the patient, and it has now become a requirement in some states for this information to appear and be affixed to the container of the medication. This information is specific to the patient and to the dispensed medication. Therefore the information can only be determined at the time of dispensing the medication to the patient. The filler of the prescription, e.g. the pharmacist or the pharmacist&#39;s technician, must make the determination of the disclosed information at time of filling the prescription. However there is more information required than there is space on the container to place said information in a visually readable format and manner to satisfy the current laws and/or regulations. Additionally, new regulations will require laws and manufacturers of medicines desire to place more information on the container label. 
         [0005]    These prescription labels are typically placed on a cylindrical medicine container having a replaceable top which typically screws on or snaps on to the container to seal it. The containers are often called vials and are of a variety of sizes, a common size is nine (9) drams. For this size vial a typical label has an adhesive backing and is three and one quarter (3¼) inches wide and two (2) inches tall. 
         [0006]    Pharmacies are also verifying prescription medications more often to reduce medical errors that occur in the fast paced world of drug dispensing. It is believed that time constraints prevent pharmacists from implementing more error-prevention procedures. 
         [0007]    The present invention, a label format, offers an information tab providing additional informational space that will allow the pharmacist, pharmacy technicians and the consumer to visually verify that the medication prescribed is exactly what it is supposed to be. This provides the fastest, easiest system to reduce errors where errors are unacceptable. 
         [0008]    The present invention solves problems associated with drug dispensing; wrong dosage, wrong drug given, wrong route of administration, failure to warn patients of potential hazards and proper instructions on use. This removes any inhibitions of implementation of medication error-prevention procedures, satisfying the work overload and constant time pressures in today&#39;s pharmacies and hospitals. 
         [0009]    The enlarged label format of the present invention provides legibility of the medication specifics; visual verification for accuracy in medication; visual representation may satisfy current OBRA 90 laws (4) on verbally informing the patient of the medication they are receiving; specific clock designation for accurate use of medication; simplifies the Warnings and Indications labeling required for each individual medication; flexibility for multiple languages; NDC code number for obtaining all of the specific properties of the medication; UPC bar code for confirming drug medication for verification procedures as well as constant inventory management for a controlled substance; enhances product compliance features; and is a solution for error-prevention procedures in medication dispensing. 
         [0010]    Pharmacists use pharmacy systems to check, verify and recheck that the proper medicine/drug prescribed is actually filled into the container. These systems may be manual, written or have been practiced for years and may be paper systems or computerized systems. However, what is lacking is a way for a consumer, typically the patient, to make their own verification that the proper medicine has been dispensed. 
         [0011]    In the prior art of pharmaceutical labels it is known to use laser print forms such as those sold by Pharmex, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla. These type of forms provide a pharmaceutical label attached at the top of a sheet of paper, generally 8½ inches by 11 inches, that is capable of being loaded into a sheet fed printer, such as a laser printer or ink jet printer, known in the art and which are sheet fed, one at a time from a stack of preloaded sheets in the printer. The pharmaceutical label is then printed on by the printer. Thereafter, the label contains the prescription and other information. The label is then peeled off and placed on a medicine container by the pharmacist or the pharmacist&#39;s assistant. Typically, these labels are placed around the circumference of the container and have, when attached to the sheet of paper, a pressure sensitive backing to allow the label to be peeled from the sheet of paper and then attached by the adhesive to the container. However, the labels are limited to attachment directly to the container and there is no provision for an information tab as in the present invention. 
         [0012]    U.S. Pat. No. 5,601,314 provides a label that requires multiple folds and layers to be attached to the container. Specifically, by removing the top face  22 , record  26  is detached for placement on a record keeping log and portion  28  is likewise removable by the patient. This teaches away from the present invention by not keeping all record information visible with the container. 
         [0013]    The present invention does not require multiple layers of the label to be attached to the container as shown in  FIG. 5 . 
         [0014]    U.S. Pat. No. 5,056,827 provides a manufactures&#39; label for use to be affixed by a drug manufacturer as a description and instruction label for the pharmacist. It generally requires pre-printing on both sides of the label sheet. It is intended to be removed to leave space for affixing the pharmacy&#39;s own standard type of prescription label. The present invention does not require printing on both sides of the label which would require an extra step. The &#39;827 label is preassembled and pre-folded label by a label machine and is not folded by hand. 
         [0015]    U.S. Pat. No. 4,324,058, discloses a label for undersized containers, that wraps around the container and adheres one end of the label to the other end of the label, without regard to the actual circumference of the container being used. This label requires printing on the label to correspond to the container size. It also requires an exact alignment of the two loose ends so that there is no exposed adhesive. This patent requires a determination of a middle point of the label for accurate alignment, not required in the present invention. Likewise the present invention allows for easier attachment of the label. 
         [0016]    U.S. Pat. No. 4,312,523 discloses a pharmaceutical label, having a pull tab  18  for tearing off a first and second detachable section of the label. This is contrary to the present invention which does not require removal of a part of the label. 
         [0017]    U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,645,300, 5,727,819, 5,263,743, Re. 34,366, 5,472,756, and 4,621,837 are all preprinted self adhesive labels, printed one at a time, and are printed at or about the time of dispensing the medicine in the container. U.S. Pat. No. 1,756,944 is a two sided label, and U.S. Pat. No. 3,077,684 a luggage tag label, is similar to U.S. Pat. No. 4,324,058 that has a center portion with no adhesive and two loose ends that must be placed together. 
         [0018]    U.S. Pat. No. 6,036,017 discloses a label bearing a visual photographic image of a pill. However, Bayliss does not teach extending his label for additional information as in the present invention. Presumably because of space limitations he can not include multiple views of the pill as in the present invention. 
       SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION 
       [0019]    The present invention is a unique prescription label that allows a consumer to check and verify the accuracy of the prescribed medication as well as to provide additional information on the medication container by increasing the usable size and area of the prescription label. Furthermore, the present invention provides a means for easy application of the prescription label onto the container.
 
The present invention is an apparatus and method to provide sufficient space on a label to allow a consumer to be clearly informed and be able to recognize and validate the image of prescribed medicine, the dosage amount, the prescribed brand, how to take the medicine, when to take the medicine, the drug manufacturer, possible side effects of the medicine, information on the time to take the medication and to receive other information and warnings about the prescribed medicine and the prescription.
 
The present invention provides an independent means for the consumer to verify that the proper medicine has been dispensed. Specifically, one part of the invention is that it allows the consumer to visually verify that the type of pill or tablet named on the prescription label has in fact been dispensed. This visual verification uses an actual photograph of the medicine, and/or an imprint or drawing or other facsimile to depict the actual drug dispensed in the container. This will allow the pharmacist and the consumer an easy means to verify that the proper medicine has been dispensed to the patient. This additional complete information and warnings can be placed on the prescription label because of the increased size of the said label.
 
The pharmacist will receive information from the physician to fill the prescription. This may be in the form of a written “prescription” given to the pharmacist or the “prescription” may be delivered to the pharmacist electronically or by some other method, outside the scope of this invention. Typically the pharmacist will enter the information from the prescription into the pharmacist&#39;s computer or system. A label for placement on the medicinal container will be created. The system computer will print out the label to be placed on the container for the medicine.
 
The present invention provides a method for the consumer to visually compare the dispensed medicine with written information and visual photographic or image information of the dispensed medicine. The present invention provides the space and unique location for written and visual information to be placed on the label, for the consumer to visually compare and verify that the proper medicine is within the container, by comparing the actual dispensed medicine to the identification of the medicine contained on the label.
 
Specifically, the pharmacist will enter information from the prescription and the identification of the medicine to be dispensed, to fill the prescription. This information will be used for printing of the label and will be used to identify the prescribed medicine.
 
The pharmacist&#39;s database of information will have separate information which may be obtained directly from the manufacturer or provider or other information provider, regarding the dispensed medicine. This said database will link the description of the medicine that the pharmacist entered into the pharmacist&#39;s computer with the information from the data base for the prescribed medicine. Then on a separate portion of the label, a written description of the dispensed medicine, e.g., the physical format of the medicine and attributes of the physical characteristics of the medicine, along with a photograph or image of the medicine, will be printed on the label, preferably the tab portion that extends from the container for the medicine.
 
Additionally, warning information and other information can now be provided on the label and the information tab of the present invention. It being understood that information and warnings can be placed anywhere on the entire label. Additional information printed on the label includes the doctor&#39;s instructions and information as well as common information input by the pharmacist if desired based on the pharmacist&#39;s professional responsibilities and according to the patient&#39;s requirements.
 
One piece of visual information may include one or more clock icons, that show the specific time for taking of the medication as prescribed.
 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0020]      FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a cylindrical medicine container having the prescription label of the present invention attached thereto. 
           [0021]      FIG. 2  is a sectional view taken along lines  2 - 2  from  FIG. 1 . 
           [0022]      FIG. 3  is an alternate embodiment shown in a sectional view similar to  FIG. 2  that would be taken along lines  2 - 2  from  FIG. 1 . 
           [0023]      FIG. 4  is a second alternate embodiment shown in a sectional view similar to  FIG. 2  that would be taken along lines  2 - 2  from  FIG. 1 . 
           [0024]      FIG. 5  is a third alternate embodiment shown in a sectional view similar to  FIG. 2  that would be taken along lines  2 - 2  from  FIG. 1 . 
           [0025]      FIG. 6  is a view of the front side of the label of the present invention, corresponding to  FIGS. 1 and 2 . 
           [0026]      FIG. 7  is a rear view of the label of  FIG. 6 , with the top side on the bottom of the view, corresponding to  FIGS. 1 and 2 . 
           [0027]      FIG. 8  is a rear view of the label of the first alternate embodiment of the present invention, corresponding to  FIG. 3 . 
           [0028]      FIG. 9  is a rear view of the label of the third alternate embodiment of the present invention, corresponding to  FIG. 5 . 
           [0029]      FIG. 10  is a fourth alternate embodiment shown in a sectional view similar to  FIG. 2  that would be taken along lines  2 - 2  from  FIG. 1 . 
           [0030]      FIG. 11  is a rear view of the label of the fourth alternate embodiment of the present invention, corresponding to  FIG. 10 . 
           [0031]      FIG. 12  is a fifth alternate embodiment shown in a sectional view similar to  FIG. 2  that would be taken along lines  2 - 2  from  FIG. 1 . 
           [0032]      FIG. 13  is a rear view of the label of the fifth alternate embodiment of the present invention, corresponding to  FIG. 12 . 
           [0033]      FIG. 14  is a front view of a laser dual-web form label combination sheet. 
           [0034]      FIG. 15  is a partial sectional view of  FIG. 14 . 
           [0035]      FIG. 16  is a rear view of the label of the sixth alternate embodiment of the present invention, corresponding to  FIG. 17 . 
           [0036]      FIG. 17  is a sixth alternate embodiment shown in a sectional view similar to  FIG. 2  that would be taken along lines  2 - 2  from  FIG. 1 . 
           [0037]      FIG. 18  is a seventh alternate embodiment shown in a sectional view similar to  FIG. 2  that would be taken along lines  2 - 2  from  FIG. 1 . 
           [0038]      FIG. 19  is a rear view of the label of the seventh alternate embodiment of the present invention corresponding to  FIG. 18 . 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
       [0039]    Referring to  FIG. 1  is a cylindrical medicinal container  10  with the label of the present invention. Container  11  is a vial for containing medication such as pills and tablets dispensed by a pharmacist or other dispenser of such medicines. Container  11  includes a removable closure in the form of a cap  12  which is attached in ways known in the art.
 
A prescription label  13  is attached to container  11  and contains printed thereon typical information about the patient and medicine. Label  13  is wrapped around container  11 , preferably along the length of label  13 . A typical label in the prior art is 3¼ inches wide and 2 inches high. The label of the present invention is 8⅜ inches wide and 2 inches high, providing additional label area to display printed information. The additional label area is created by an informational tab  14 , that projects radially from the container  11 .
 
Label  13  has a first portion  15 , a second portion  16  and a third portion  17 . In the preferred embodiment, portion  15  is three and one quarter inches (3¼) wide and two (2) inches in height. Portion  16  is two inches nine sixteenth&#39;s (2 9/16) inches wide by two (2) inches in height. Portion  17  is two inches nine sixteenth&#39;s (2 9/16) inches wide by two (2) inches in height.
 
A typical prescription label as presently known in the art, is printed on a laser dual-web form label combination sheet  18  that joins two materials together, the label portion and the paper portion  19 . When joined together form an 8½ inch by 11 or 8½ by 14 inch sheet. At the top of this sheet, as shown in  FIG. 14  is the label  13 . This blank label  13  includes a face sheet  21 , an adhesive  22  and a backing sheet liner  23 .
 
Typically the material of face sheet  21  is for example 50 pound bond paper material. Backing sheet liner  23  is of 50 pound silicon lined or other material backing sheet liner. Adhesive  22  is between face sheet  21  and silicon liner  23 . Adhesive  22  remains attached to the back of face sheet  21 . The present label sheet as described is eight and three eighths (8⅜) inches wide with a one sixteenth ( 1/16) inch margin on both sides. In the present invention, vertical scoring lines  24  and  25  are front scored on the front of face sheet  21 . Referring to  FIG. 14 , area  26  is a three sixteenth ( 3/16) inch overlap of pressure sensitive and bond materials joined by a glue line, known in the art.
 
Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , it can be seen that the circumferential width of first portion  15  is slightly less than the entire circumference of container  11  and thus a gap  27  is created between first end  28  of first portion  15  and second end  29  of first portion  15 . Gap  27  defines at least a circumferential portion of container  11  without a portion of label  13  attached thereto. Depending on the size of container  11 , the circumference of each container may vary. Thus gap  27  will vary based on the size of the container. It is preferable that the first portion  15  of continuous label  13  not overlap itself, so that first end  28  is not overlapped by second end  29 , which would either obliterate a portion of the face of first portion  15  or otherwise make it inoperable.
 
Between first portion  15  and second portion  16  is a vertical score  24  substantially parallel to second end  29 . It is preferred that score  24  and second end  29  are the same line. Likewise second portion  16  includes a second portion first end  30 , which may be the same as second end  29  and a second portion second end  31 .
 
A second vertical score line  25  is between second end  31  and third portion first end  32 . Third portion second end  33  is at the end of third portion  17 . Label  13  has a first end  34  and a terminal end or second end  35 .
 
A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in  FIGS. 2 and 7 , where, first portion  15  is adhesively attached along a circumferential portion of container  11 . Score line  24 , allows for a fold of label  13  such that second portion  16  extends radially from container  11 . Third portion  17  folds back at score line  25  onto second portion  16 . Third portion  17  can be adhesively attached to second portion  16 . In this embodiment, and referring to  FIG. 7 , the back liner  23  of first portion  15  will have been removed to expose adhesive  22 , such that portion  15  will adhere to container  11 . The back liner  23  portion of second portion  16  will remain in place, providing stiffness to second portion  16  and to tab  14 . In addition, when back liner  23  remains on second portion  16 , at score  24 , an accurate line and fold is created between first portion  15  and second portion  16 , so that the only portion of label  13  in the vicinity of score  24  that adheres to container  11  is first portion  15 . This allows for easy application of label  13  to container  11  by the pharmacist or applicator, such that attention need not be directed to where the fold at score  24  will occur on label  13 , since in the vicinity of score  24  no part of second portion  16  will adhere to container  11  when said back liner  23  remains attached to second portion  16 .
 
As shown in  FIG. 7  back liner  23  portion of third portion  17  extends a portion of said third portion  17  from first end  32  to an intermediate distance  36  between the ends of third portion  17 . The remaining portion of back liner  23  attached to third portion  17  provides stiffness to this said third portion  17  and to Tab  14 . This exposes a portion of adhesive  22  on the back of third portion  17 . This adhesive portion attaches third portion  17  to the back liner  23  of second portion  16  as shown in  FIG. 2 . This creates information tab  14  appearing to have information on both sides of said tab  14 . This arrangement displays information on both sides of tab  14  even though the printing of said information is printed on only the face sheet  21 , the front side of label  13 . As shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 6 , the information displayed in the panel of first portion  15  is displayed circumferentially on container  11 , the information displayed in the panel of second portion  16  is displayed on a first side of tab  14 , and the information displayed in the panel of third portion  17  is displayed on a second side of tab  14  (best seen in  FIG. 2 ).
 
The embodiment shown in  FIG. 4  is similar to the embodiment described and shown in  FIG. 2 , however the adhesive  22  of third portion  17  is attached to container  11  preferably within gap  27 . The back view of label  13  for this embodiment is also as shown in  FIG. 7 .
 
The embodiment shown in  FIG. 3  corresponds to the back view of label  13  shown in  FIG. 8 . In this embodiment, back liner  23  remains intact on second portion  16  and third portion  17 . This provides stiffness to information tab  14 . In this embodiment, writing only appears on one side of information tab  14 . Depending on the manufacture of the label portion  20  of dual web form  18 , score  25  may be omitted. In this embodiment, second portion  16  and third portion  17  may be considered to merge as a single second portion  16 .
 
The embodiment shown in  FIG. 5  corresponds to the back view of label  13  shown in  FIG. 9 . In this embodiment, back liner  23  has been removed from the entire portion of label  13 . Score lines  24  and  25  remain intact on label  13 . A Third portion  17  is folded back onto second portion  16  forming information tab  14 . An element of stiffness is achieved by the attachment of second portion  16  to third portion  17 . As shown if  FIG. 5 , and discussed above, information appears on both sides of tab  14  though printing has been on only one side of label  13 .
 
In use, after the pharmacist or technician enters the prescribed medication for the patient into the pharmacist&#39;s system, a label  13 , on a label sheet such as dual web form  18  or by other label means outside the scope of this invention, is generated by a printer. The label  13  is printed on one side, on the front of face sheet  21 . During printing the back liner  23  with a silicone covering remains on label  13  by adhesive  22 . After printing, label  13  is applied to container  11 . First, a portion of removable back liner  23 , corresponding to first portion  15 , is peeled off label  13 , exposing adhesive  22  corresponding to first portion  15 . In this preferred embodiment, during the manufacture of the label portion of form  18 , back liner  23  is rear cut at vertical score line  24  and at an intermediate distance  36 , additional back cuts are horizontally at top and bottom between  24  and  36  to first allow the removal of liner  23  from the rear of first portion  15 , while leaving back liner  23  on second portion  16  and third portion  17 . During the manufacture of said form  18  a rear score is made at score  25  to enable third portion  17  to fold easily back onto second portion  16 . Though outside the scope of this invention, as known in the art, additional front cuts would be made around edge borders of label  13 .
 
First portion  15  is applied circumferentially around an on to container  11  so that first portion  15  adheres to container  11 . Since back liner  23  remains on second portion  16 , no part of second portion  16  in the vicinity of score  24  will adhere to container  11 , thus creating a substantially straight and even fold line between portion  15  and portion  16 . Portion  16  will extend radially from container  11  and portion  17  will fold at score  25  back onto portion  16 . Prior to folding portion  17  onto portion  16 , the liner  23  will be removed at intermediate distance  36  to the end  35  of label  13  so that the exposed adhesive  22  of portion  17  will adhere to back liner  23  of portion  16 .
 
The alternative embodiments in  FIGS. 11 and 10  and  FIGS. 13 and 12 , show alternate ways of folding third portion  17  back on second portion  16 .  FIG. 13  shows second portion  16  with back liner  23  in place as heretofore described.  FIG. 11  shows third portion  17  with back liner  23  in place. In this embodiment, in order to allow the fold at score  24  to be even and to have first portion  15  fold even on said score  24 , third portion  17  is folded onto second portion  16  prior to completing the application of first portion  15  to container  11 .
 
 FIG. 18  shows another alternate embodiment-where no parts of the entire label  13  connect to one another. Further, there are two informational tabs  14  and  14  prime, each extending radially from the container  11 . As seen in  FIG. 19  the arrangement of the back liner  23  is, that back liner appears once one first portion  15  and third portion  17  and second portion  16  would have the liner  23  removed exposing adhesive  22 . In this embodiment portion  15  and portion  17  can be equal in size though it is not necessary.
 
 FIGS. 16 and 17  show alternative embodiment having a sliver  50  which is a relatively thin vertical portion of back liner  23  in the vicinity of score  24 . Sliver  50  will act as a stop guide when applying first portion  15  to container  11 , when the back liner  23  is removed from second portion  16 . Sliver  50  would be back-cut  2  vertically  2  horizontally, in liner  23  during manufacture of the label sheet  18 .
 
In the alternative embodiments described herein, similar steps are taken to attach first portion  15  to container  11 , and third portion  17  to second portion  16 , where applicable.
 
Referring to  FIG. 6 , standard information would be included on first label portion  15  as generally known in the prior art.  FIG. 6  also includes additional information not previously known, namely a pair of clocks, clock  37  and clock  38  shown in an icon-type format to indicate times of day when the medicine should be taken. Additionally clocks can also be used to show additional times during the day to take the medication.
 
Clocks  37  and  38  include an exterior circle  39 , an indication within said circle  39  to indicate “am” or “pm.” Also within each circle will be a specific number  40  to show the hour the medicine is to be taken, where said number  40  appears within the circle  39  at a relative corresponding location to the location of that time on a clock. The clocks in  FIG. 6  are 12 hour clocks.
 
It is intended as shown in  FIG. 6  that second portion  16  contains information from the manufacturer&#39;s database about the dispensed medicine. This information appearing on the information tab  14  would be provided by the manufacturer and would be automatically printed on label  13  based on the pharmacist&#39;s identification of the medicine when the pharmacist enters said identification into the pharmacist&#39;s computer system. The information on tab  14  is provided directly by the manufacturer or other information source so that the consumer (patient) can verify the information on label  13  to identify and compare said information with the medicine actually contained within container  11 .
 
This information will include photographs or images of the dispensed medicine tablet for a visual comparison by the patient as well as the pharmacist and those working with the pharmacist. Typically, this photograph would be a first side view  41  and a second side view  42  of the image of the medicine. Other information may include, the NDCF numerical code  43 , the product description (legal name)  44 , the brand name of the medicine  45 , the logo on the medicine  46 , the color of the prescribed medicine  47 , the shape of the prescribed medicine  48 , and the brand name and the dosage amount or quantity of each tablet  49 .
 
Additional information may include instructions from the manufacturer regarding how the consumer should consume the prescribed medicine which information would be included in one or more blocks contained on label  13 .
 
The information on label  13  may be provided directly by the manufacturer so that the consumer (patient) can visually verify the physical attributes of the medicine received to the manufacturer&#39;s physical description of the attributes of the prescribed medicine by comparing the information on the container label with the actual prescribed medicine.