Patent ID: 8382717

Claim:
A drug administration safety device comprising: a single label configured to be attached to a drug container, said drug container including an operating room intravenous syringe configured to contain a drug, said drug having a name including a plurality of letters, said single label including an interior surface and an exterior surface, said single label including: (a) a first drug name section in a first orientation, said first drug name section including the letters of the name of the drug, said first drug name section readable when looking at said exterior surface, said letters of the name of the drug in the first drug name section being positioned in said first drug name section such that when the single label is attached to the syringe, said letters of the name of the drug are positioned along a longitudinal section of the syringe and are upright when a plunger of the syringe is positioned below the single label, (b) a second drug name section in a second orientation, said second orientation being different from said first orientation, said second drug name section including the letters of the name of the drug, said second drug name section readable when looking at said exterior surface, (c) a third drug name section in a third orientation, said third orientation being different from said first orientation, and said third orientation being different from said second orientation, said third drug name section including the letters of the name of the drug, said third drug name section readable when looking at said exterior surface, (d) a drug concentration section, (e) a variable information section, and (f) a graduation viewing section configured to reveal certain portions of the syringe that have information displayed by the syringe or affixed to a surface of the syringe; 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.