Patent ID: 7918830

Claim:
A drug administration safety device comprising: a single label configured to be attached to an operating room intravenous syringe containing a drug, said drug having a name including a plurality of letters, said drug being of a designated concentration, said single label including an interior surface and an exterior surface, said single label including: (a) first drug name letters including the letters of the name of the drug, said first drug name letters readable when looking at said exterior surface, said first drug name letters being upright and positioned around part of a first circumferential section of the syringe when the syringe with the single label attached is viewed from a first position where a plunger of the syringe is below the label, (b) second drug name letters including the letters of the name of the drug, said second drug name letters readable when looking at said exterior surface, said second drug name letters being upright and being positioned around part of a second circumferential section of the syringe when the syringe with the single label attached is viewed from a second position where the plunger of the syringe is above the label, said second position being different from said first position, (c) third drug name letters including the letters of the name of the drug, said third drug name letters readable when looking at said exterior surface, said third drug name letters being upright when the syringe with the single label attached is viewed from a third position, said third position being different from said first position, and said third position being different from said second position, (d) drug concentration letters and numbers indicating the designated concentration of the drug, and (e) variable information letters and numbers indicating other information relating to the drug; an adhesive on the interior surface of the single label; and a backing for holding the single label and protecting the adhesive prior to the application of the single label to the syringe.