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Q Levrat1, A Troitzky, V Levrat
1Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, CHU de Poitiers, 2, rue de la Milétrie, B.P. 577, 86021 Poitiers cedex, France. quentinlevrat@yahoo.fr
Introduction:
The French Society of Anaesthesiology (SFAR) recommends the use of pre printed self-stick syringe labels. However, French anaesthesia-syringe labelling customs is yet unknown.
Study Design:
Therefore, a national phone survey was performed in order to investigate this issue.
Results:
Forty-five percent of the answering centers (324/722) used colour self-stick labels, with a larger proportion in public centers and a large regional variability. The kind of colour code differed from an area to another. Among centers using colour labels, the international recommended colour code was used in only 36% of them. The majority of health care providers declare to be favourable to the use of the colour self-stick labels and the standardization of the colour code as well. A relationship between the University hospital and the surrounded area has been observed for the use of the colour labels and the choice of the colour code.
Conclusion:
Colour labels are used in France by nearly half of the centers, but international colour code is less spread.
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