KR20180119363A - Label for Medicine Bottle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a label for a medicine bottle, which is attached to a liquid-phase medicine bottle, and specifically, discloses the label for the medicine bottle, which displays a weight step of dividing the body weight of a patient at predetermined intervals, and dose information including dose for each weight step, and is intended to prevent the medication mistakes which may occur by allowing a healthcare worker to check once more when taking an injection liquid in the container, wherein the dose information is displayed in the direction opposite to the direction of product information so that the healthcare worker can easily confirm the dose information when taking the injection liquid.

Description

{Label for Medicine Bottle}

The present invention relates to a label attached to the surface of a drug container.

Containers for liquid pharmaceuticals generally have a label on their surface that displays a variety of information about the drug. The label displays information such as product name (or product name) and usage, ingredient name and content, efficacy, manufacturer, and salesperson. The label may indicate usage, capacity and precautions for use. However, labels generally do not display information about usage and dragon on the label directly, taking into account the limited area of the label, and should be accompanied by phrases such as "See attached documents" and refer to the attached documents. The enclosed document is enclosed with a liquid medicine container.

Some drugs, such as liquid injections, must be injected with a predetermined dose, and side effects may occur if the dose is not injected. The label attached to the container for liquid injections is also indicated for the usage and dosage as referring to the attached documents for usage and dosage as in the case of general medicine. Therefore, when a liquid injection is injected in a hospital, the attached document is not checked one by one. In particular, medical products such as liquid injections in which the quantities to be injected are set differently according to the weight of the patient may cause medical accidents if they are not injected in a fixed amount.

For example, the dosage of acetaminophen liquid injections is approximately 15 mg / kg (approximately 1.5 mL / kg) for children, adolescents, and adults weighing less than 50 kg, Administration, and the injection is 100 mL in a 100 mL glass bottle, and the appropriate volume of the acetaminophen injected solution is collected by a syringe according to the body weight and administered to a human. At this time, medical staff mistake 15mg / kg and 1.5mL / kg to cause administration mistake. Such administration mistakes can have catastrophic effects on the human body. In the US, OFIRMEV, an acetaminophen injectable drug launched in September 2010, caused approximately 10 medication errors in children by the end of November 2012. These dosing errors were a 10-fold overdose confused with milligrams and milliliters, leaving the patient in a severe state.

The present invention provides a label for a drug container that displays information on a dose set for the medicine contained in the container.

The label for a medicament container of the present invention is a label for a medicament container to be attached to a liquid medicament container. It is characterized by displaying a weight step of dividing the body weight of the patient at predetermined intervals and an administration information including a dose set for each weight step do.

Further, the administration information may be indicated by an administration information table, and the administration information table may include a row of weights indicating a stepwise weight and a row of administrations indicating a dose corresponding to each body weight.

In addition, the weight column and the dose column may be displayed in different background colors or in different colors.

In addition, the administration information may be indicated by an administration information table, which may include a weight row displaying the weight in steps and a dose row indicating the dose corresponding to each body weight.

In addition, the administration information may further include information on a maximum daily dose or a single maximum dose of the drug.

In addition, the administration information may be displayed in a direction opposite to the product information.

In addition, the administration information may be displayed such that the upper part of the character faces the lower side of the drug container when the entrance of the medicine container is upper and the bottom is lower.

The label for the drug container of the present invention displays dose information including the dose according to the weight of the patient with respect to the drug contained in the container, so that the drug can be administered in a fixed amount according to the weight of the patient.

Further, since the label for drug container of the present invention is printed in contrast to the product information or the manufacturing information, the dosage information including the dose according to the body weight is printed in the case where it is used in a container for holding drugs such as liquid injections, To be easily identified.

1 is a photograph of a label for a drug container according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a photograph of a drug container label attached to a drug container according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

Hereinafter, a label for a drug container according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a photograph of a label for a drug container according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a photograph of a drug container label attached to a drug container according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

A label for a drug container according to an embodiment of the present invention includes dose information 20 with reference to FIG. The label for the medicine container may further include the product information 10 and the manufacturing information 30. In the label for the medicine container, both the product information 10 and the manufacturing information 30 may be displayed together with the dosage information 20, or only one of them may be displayed. The label for the medicine container may be displayed by mixing the product information 10 and the manufacturing information 30 together.

The label for the medicament container is attached to the container containing the liquid medicament to which the set dose is to be injected. The label for the medicine container includes dose information 20, which is information on the dose set for the drug. The label for the drug container is attached to a drug container containing liquid injections such as acetaminophen.

The label for the medicine container may be formed of a paper material or a film material such as a general medicine container label. The label for the medicine container can be easily attached to the medicine container by applying a pressure-sensitive adhesive on one side.

The label for the medicine container may be formed such that the administration information 20, the product information 10, and the manufacturing information 30 are all displayed on one label. The label for the medicine container may be formed of an administration information sub-label for displaying the administration information 20, a product information sub-label for displaying the product information 10, and a manufacturing information sub-label for displaying the manufacturing information 30 . In addition, the administration information sub-labels may be formed as one, and the product information sub-label and the manufacturing information sub-label may be integrally formed. In this case, each sub-label is attached to a drug container to form one drug container label. Each of the sub-labels may be attached by changing the order in which they are attached.

The product information 10 includes information on the name of the medicine, the total content, the name and content of the raw material, the characteristics of the medicine, the efficacy and effect, the usage and the dose. The information on the usage and the dose may not include specific information, and may include an intention to refer to the attached document.

The product information 10 is displayed in the same direction as the vertical direction of the medicine container when the label for the medicine container is attached to the medicine container. That is, when the entrance of the medicine container is set to the upper part and the floor surface is set to the lower part, the product information 10 is displayed such that the upper part of the character is directed to the upper direction of the medicine container. The product information 10 can be displayed as in a general label.

The dosage information 20 includes information on a predetermined dosage for the medicine contained in the drug container. The administration information 20 includes information on a dose by body weight of the patient to which the drug is administered. The dose is indicated including the unit. The dose may be expressed in units of volume or weight. The dose can be expressed in mL. The dose may be expressed in mg.

The dosage information 20 includes a combination of body weight-dose. The administration information 20 includes a body weight step of dividing the body weight of the patient by a predetermined interval, and a set dose amount of the drug in each body weight step. For example, the weighting step may be divided into a minimum weight and a maximum weight according to whether a patient to be administered is a child, a young man, an adult, and a plurality of intervals between a minimum weight and a maximum weight. The weight step may vary depending on the dose to be set for the drug depending on the body weight. In the case where the dosage according to body weight needs to be finely adjusted, the body weight step can be divided into more steps. For example, the body weight step can be set at intervals of 1 kg body weight. The dose can be set for each body weight. For example, the dosage information 20 may be set at 49.5 mL for a body weight of 33 kg and 60 mL for a body weight of 40 kg.

The administration information 20 may include dose information 25 for a maximum value that can be administered to the drug per day. The dosage information 20 may include information on a maximum dose that can be administered at a maximum dose for the drug. The maximum dose of 1 means the maximum dose that can be administered regardless of the body weight of the patient to prevent an attenuating accident.

The administration information 20 may be indicated by an administration information table. The administration information table may include a plurality of rows and columns. The dosage information table may include a weight column 21 for displaying the weight in steps and a dose column 23 for indicating the dose corresponding to each weight. The weight column 21 and the dose column 23 may be represented by one or more than one corresponding to each other. When the weight step is large, it may include two or more weight rows 21 and a row of doses 23. In the first row of the weight column 21, a letter "weight" and a weight unit may be displayed. The row of doses 23 may be marked with the letter " Administration "or" Dosage "and the unit of administration (mL or mg) in the first column. The first column of the administration row can prevent dosage chaos by clearly indicating dosage units. Since mL and mg, which are frequently used as dosage units, differ by 10 times, the amount administered during chaos of the unit is increased, which may cause the patient to overdo it. Meanwhile, the administration information table may include at least one body row and a dose row depending on the overall width and height of the label for the medicine container.

The weight column 21 and the dose column 23 may be displayed in different background colors or in different colors. For example, the weight train 21 may be displayed in white and the dose train 23 may be displayed in color. When the weight column 21 and the dose column 23 are long, they are displayed in different colors to facilitate identification.

The dosage information 20 may be displayed in a direction opposite to the up-and-down direction of the drug container when the label for the drug container is attached to the drug container. That is, the administration information 20 may be displayed in a direction opposite to the product information 10. When the entrance of the medicine container is set as an upper part and the floor surface is set as a lower part, the administration information 20 is displayed so that the upper part of the character faces downward of the medicine container. The administration information 20 is displayed in the opposite direction to that of the product information 10.

When the medicine is a medicine such as a liquid injection, the medicine container is used in combination with the syringe in the upside-down position. Therefore, when the administration information 20 is displayed upside down, a syringe is inserted into the drug container, and the liquid injection is drawn out by a syringe to easily confirm the dose described on the label.

The manufacturing information 30 may include at least one information such as the name and address of the manufacturer for manufacturing the medicine, the name of the salesperson when the salesperson is separate, the manufacturing number, the storage method, and the expiration date. The manufacturing information 30 may be displayed as a label of a general medicine container.

The manufacturing information 30 is displayed in the same direction as the vertical direction of the medicine container when the label for the medicine container is attached to the medicine container. That is, the manufacturing information 30 may be displayed in the same direction as the product information 10. [

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to specific examples.

Acetaminophen injections should be administered at a dose of approximately 15 mg / kg (approx. 1.5 mL / kg) with acetaminophen in a single dose for children, adolescents, and adults weighing less than 50 kg, weighing more than 33 kg have.

In the label for liquid injections according to the present invention, the administration information is described as opposed to the manufacturing information. The dosage information is based on the inverted position, the weight in the first row and the third row (weight row) is indicated at 1 kg intervals, the dose according to each weight is indicated in the second row and fourth row (dose row) Respectively. In the first column of the weight column, "kg" is expressed in units of weight, and in the column of dosage, "mL" is stated in units of the dose.

Therefore, the label for the liquid injection preparation of the present invention clearly describes the unit for the dosage, so that the medical practitioner can mistake the unit for the dosage and prevent the administration mistake.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

10: Product information 20: Dosing information
21: weight column 23; Dose column
30: Manufacturing information

Claims (7)

A label for a drug container that is attached to a liquid drug container,
A dose level indicating a weight level of the patient at a predetermined interval, and a dose level set for each weight stage, The method according to claim 1,
The administration information is indicated by an administration information table,
Wherein the administration information table includes a row of weights indicating a stepwise weight and a row of doses indicating a dose corresponding to each body weight. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the weight column and the dose column are displayed in different background colors or in different colors. The method according to claim 1,
The administration information is indicated by an administration information table,
Wherein the dosage information table comprises a weight line indicating a stepwise weight and a dose line indicating a dose corresponding to each body weight. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the administration information further comprises information on a maximum daily dose or a maximum daily dose for the medicament. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the administration information is displayed in a direction opposite to the product information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the administration information is displayed such that an upper portion of the character is directed to a lower side of the chemical container when the entrance of the chemical container is upper and the bottom is lower.

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