Patent ID: 7225598

Claim:
A safety seal method for maintaining high alert medications sealed prior to use or administration, the method comprising: providing an individual high alert medication container having a body and a closure thereon, said body includes side wall and a base transversely connected to the side wall of the body, said closure includes a cylindrical wall and a top transversely connected to said cylindrical wall of the closure; providing a transparent tubular heat-shrink plastic cover having a warning statement and other distinguishing characteristics thereon for the purpose of alerting a person preparing said high alert medication container from being mistaken for a different medication container, and a set of perforation lines; placing said transparent tubular heat-shrink plastic cover over the individual high alert medication container; and applying heat to shrink the transparent tubular heat-shrink plastic cover to form a heat-shrunk plastic seal covering the individual high alert medication container including a portion of the base of the body and extending to include a portion of the top of the closure, wherein the set of perforation lines extends from a top edge of said heat-shrunk plastic seal located on the top of the closure to a bottom edge of said heat-shrunk plastic seal located on said base of said body; and completely removing of the entire heat-shrunk plastic seal from the individual high alert medication container prior to use or administration via the set of perforation lines.