10. You have to label a syringe that's drawn and laid down briefly — no
longer than a minute — before being injected into the patient?
a. true b. false
Answer: a
If you draw up, say, propofol, and place the syringe down, even if it's only
for a minute, the syringe must be labeled with all of the required labeling
elements (drug name, strength, date, time drawn and initials of preparer).
On the other hand, if you draw up the propofol syringe and immediately
inject the medication into the patient, it wouldn't be necessary to label the
syringe.
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Mr. Sones (shelsones@aol.com) is a pharmacy consultant and safe medication
management officer at more than 130 ambulatory facilities in the Northeast and
a member of Outpatient Surgery Magazine's Editorial Board.
